affectionateness

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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

What it might have made for graciousness for once in my life to have been the centre of that dramatic affectionateness, I can only guess.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

She remembered that, often struck by the affectionateness and intelligence that beamed from Yvon's eyes, she had asked herself how such looks could come from a young man who was devoid of reason.

From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène

But all that is attractive, gracious, charming in behaviour, all affectionateness and friendliness, must not proceed from the concepts, for if it does, “we feel intention, and are put out of tune.”

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

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