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fatherly

How many syllables in fatherly?

  3 syllables

Divide fatherly into syllables:   fa-ther-ly
Stressed syllable in fatherly:   fa-ther-ly
How to pronounce fatherly:   fah-ther-lee
How to say fatherly:

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