Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being affectionate; fondness; good will; affection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
affectionate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
- noun a positive feeling of liking
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Examples
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Touching in their affectionateness are the remarks which each passes upon each.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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In addition, if you look closely at the article you will see it has a certain wry affectionateness towards Labour, and deals with the expenses scandals humorously, pointing out just a few individuals who have apparently failed their genial and public spirited leader.
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In addition, if you look closely at the article you will see it has a certain wry affectionateness towards Labour, and deals with the expenses scandals humorously, pointing out just a few individuals who have apparently failed their genial and public spirited leader.
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‘Give me your arm,’ she said to me with her old affectionateness, ‘it’s a long while since we have had
First Love 2006
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Britons thought well of the Colonel for his affectionateness and liberality, and contrasted it with the behaviour of the Tory
The Newcomes 2006
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He is about as untamable as the zebra, and with his family affectionateness leads apparently a very happy life.
Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004
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Mrs. Larkins was very happy in her daughters, and they had the naive affectionateness of those who see few people and find
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He had loved other little boys and girls transitorily, none had been frequent and familiar enough to strike deep roots in his heart, and he had grown up with a tattered and dissipated affectionateness that was becoming wildly shy.
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But afterwards, upon some mistrust of him, yet not so great as to make him do him any hurt, his familiarity and friendly kindness to him abated so much of its former force and affectionateness, as to make it evident he was alienated from him.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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The gentle affectionateness of the girl towards both her father and her aunt was beautiful in the extreme.
The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn J. W. Keyworth
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