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- adverb In an
affectional manner.
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Examples
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The video game console affectionally called "NES" forever changed the gaming world.
Nintendo's 25th Anniversary: Top NES Games Of All Time (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The video game console affectionally called "NES" forever changed the gaming world.
Nintendo's 25th Anniversary: Top NES Games Of All Time (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2010
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Yours (with my tongue firmly in my cheek) affectionally
Islam? Yes. Gay? Yes. British? No, Oh, OK then. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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It is terribly misguided to equate Alcoholics Anonymous -- which encourages its adherents to admit that they have no control over their drinking, except by the grace of a higher power -- to the sheer, white-knuckled suppression of innate feelings by those who find themselves affectionally oriented to persons of the same gender.
Bishop Gene Robinson: Yes, We Do Need Separation of Church and State: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Maintains These Boundaries Bishop Gene Robinson 2010
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PCHQ, known affectionally as Snoxid in the early days read it backwards, was a hugely innovative concept.
Archive 2010-03-01 Brian Clegg 2010
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PCHQ, known affectionally as Snoxid in the early days read it backwards, was a hugely innovative concept.
A window on the past Brian Clegg 2010
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The player the Wizards affectionally refer to as ` ` Tough Juice '' finished 8-for-18 from the field and had five rebounds in 41 minutes.
USATODAY.com 2007
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An adjective that has largely replaced "homosexual" in referring to men who are sexually and affectionally attracted to other men.
Unilateral Invasion 2009
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Preferred term, both as a noun and as an adjective, for women who are sexually and affectionally attracted to other women.
Unilateral Invasion 2009
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For more from Cuban singer Bienvenido Granda, affectionally known as "The Mustache that Sings", go to Musica Alrededor del Mundo.
Archive 2009-04-01 Donna Lethal 2009
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