affectionateness
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Tears came into Salvina's eyes at her sister's affectionateness.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
And so was the affectionateness of woman—meaning nothing, only an effect of warmth and geniality, nothing beyond that.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Nor should this increase of affectionateness excite surprise—it is the proper result of a conflict of this sort between father and child when conducted in the right spirit.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
I wondered if it was because all her own crises were complicated with Henry Mills that she always thought that affectionateness was part of the answer.
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
Touching in their affectionateness are the remarks which each passes upon each.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
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