affectionateness
Example Sentences
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What impression would the brightness, sweetness, and affectionateness of Jesus have made on the temper and disposition of John?
From Personal Friendships of Jesus by J. R. (James Russell) Miller
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
These outbreaks of despair for mankind were the more obnoxious to Jenny because they were always followed by a monstrous excess of his privileges, by an utterly abhorred affectionateness.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
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 E. M. Delafield
He spoke with a careless affectionateness, for the young Countess in her helpless beauty appealed to him.
From A Modern Mercenary by K. (Kate) Prichard
