affectionate
adjective
showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender.
affectionateness
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a word derived from
affectionate.
Example Sentences
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Though she inherited much of the imperial energy of her mother, it was tempered and adorned with the mildness and affectionateness of her father.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
But in private relations he was simplicity and sociability and affectionateness incarnate, and playful as a young opossum.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
It may have been his sacrifice and deep devotion, or that kindly affectionateness which is itself sublime.
From Oliver Goldsmith by E. S. Lang Buckland
She remembered that, often struck by the affectionateness and intelligence that beamed from Yvon's eyes, she had asked herself how such looks could come from a young man who was devoid of reason.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Eugène Sue
Julia was moving about, quite at home, preparing cups of tea for everybody, herself included; and waiting upon Mr. Rhys with a steady care and affectionateness which evidently met with an affectionate return.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Susan Warner
