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/əfˈɛkʃənət/ /əfˈɛkʃənɪt/ Listen

adjective

Affectionate adj.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Kindly inclined; zealous. (Obs.) "Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate."

Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Strongly inclined; with to. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.

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Etymology of 'Affectionate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Affectionate" Quotes from Famous Books

... private gate under Georgiana's window I keep rusty; this enables me to note when any one enters my garden. By-and-by I heard the hinges softly creak, whereupon I feigned not to believe what Jack was telling me; whereupon he fell into an harangue of such affectionate and sustained vehemence that when the hinges creaked again I was never able to determine. Was ever such usage made before ...

— Aftermath • James Lane Allen

... not unconscious of his errors—far from it; he was often startled into shame, often reformed, often made and broke his vows of change. But whether he did ill or well, he was still his own unequalled self; still that entrancing ego of whom alone he cared to write; and still sure of his own affectionate indulgence, when the parts should be changed, and the writer come to read what he had written. Whatever he did, or said, or thought, or suffered, it was still a trait of Pepys, a character of his career; and as, to himself, he was more interesting ...

— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various

... it is in the book of Proverbs. This book is not simply a collection of wise sayings and affectionate exhortations, for you will remember that the Proverbs were put down after the event and not before its occurrence. This being true, Proverbs presents an established fact: here we find what the wise men in all ...

— And Judas Iscariot - Together with other evangelistic addresses • J. Wilbur Chapman

... sketch it will be observed he is reading a letter. This he had received just after the above incident, and sat down on his valise quite unaware that I was sketching him. Later on I gave him a copy of the sketch, and he enclosed it in his affectionate reply to ...

— A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire • Harold Harvey

... pale; he endeavored to speak, but the words died on his lips. "My friend," said Beauchamp, in the most affectionate tone, "I should gladly make an ...

— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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