Affectionate

//əˈfɛkʃənət//

"Affectionate" in a Sentence (16 examples)

My father was no less affectionate and tender to me than my mother was.

He sent me an affectionate letter.

Her affectionate letter moved me.

He's always been very affectionate with his in-laws.

Not many people know how to keep an affectionate relation with their relatives.

She's very affectionate in giving a portrait of her mother.

Tom is affectionate.

He was very affectionate with his parents.

He's a very affectionate father.

She smiled in response to his affectionate glance.

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She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.

the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language

Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.

Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].

And firſt, his Majeſty would have you to underſtand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right uſe of Parliaments, than his Majeſty hath approved himſelf to be,[…].

1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41, Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband CHARLES DICKENS

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