affinitive
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of affinitive
First recorded in 1645–55; affinit(y) + -ive
Example Sentences
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Calling to another affinitive soul, neither of them knowing or caring, in the all-compensative ecstasy of their own making, that they have lost anything at all!
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
She and I were very affinitive, but neither she nor her family had any special interest in psychology.
From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine
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