affectionateness

Example Sentences

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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

He responded with an affectionateness that was almost human.

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia

It is kindness, affectionateness, benevolence, sympathy, rejoicing with them that do rejoice, and weeping with them that weep.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.)

Your villa is admirable, and you yourself, as you sit there, are the personification of comfort, the personification, too, of gentle, sweet, undemonstrative affectionateness.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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