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affinitive

American

[uh-fin-i-tiv] / əˈfɪn ɪ tɪv /

adjective

characterized by affinity; closely related or associated.

Other Word Forms

nonaffinitive adjective

Etymology

Origin of affinitive

First recorded in 1645–55; affinit(y) + -ive

Example Sentences

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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

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

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