loving
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- lovingly adverb
- lovingness noun
- nonloving adjective
- unloving adjective
Etymology
Origin of loving
First recorded before 1000; Middle English lovyng; replacing Middle English lovende, Old English lufiende; love, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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“Their conflicts were so publicly reported, but none of the loving moments between them ever made headlines,” he said.
He goes further at the end of the book, asserting that “one would have had to yearn desperately for a warm and loving childhood to so fantastically create the toys of such a childhood.”
They are ready and I’m loving it and they’re so hip to the game and they know the terminology so I just loved it, man.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”
From Los Angeles Times
"For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend."
From Barron's
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