affectionateness
Example Sentences
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The next scene is between the mother, father and daughter; Clytemnestra, full of questions about the marriage, Iphigenîa full of excitement and shy tenderness, which expresses itself in special affectionateness towards her father.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
Julia was moving about, quite at home, preparing cups of tea for everybody, herself included; and waiting upon Mr. Rhys with a steady care and affectionateness which evidently met with an affectionate return.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan
"She thinks I am in love with her because I said that about affectionateness," he thought.
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
He sidled and fluttered for an interval, making up his mind to a resumption of affectionateness, and finally making it up that he couldn't, and remembering an engagement somewhere for the evening.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
She saw Noel's father and mother again, and was greeted by the latter with a bright and conditional affectionateness that inspected even while it acclaimed.
From Consequences by Delafield, E. M.
