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avuncular [uh-VUHNG-kyuh-ler]

adjective
-of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle

1: of or relating to an uncle
2: suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/avuncular
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avuncular

My sister thought my older gentleman friend Rutherford looked smitten with me, but I swore that his regard was merely avuncular.