affectionateness

Example Sentences

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He responded with an affectionateness that was almost human.

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia

There was an affectionateness, simplicity, and frankness in her manners which won all hearts.

From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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

No; of anything good she was capable; no depths of love could be beyond her, and he was sure that her nature was one of deep affectionateness, left unclaimed till now.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

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