Word: stepfatherly
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: step
fa
ther
ly
Definition: Like or befitting a stepfather.
Morphemes:
Affix: step-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
Affix: father
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To act as a father; to support and nurture.
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".