affectionateness
Example Sentences
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John Packer liked to be cross and autocratic, and to oppose people; but there was hidden somewhere in his heart a warm spot of affectionateness and desire for approval.
From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne
“That was sweet of you, Hannah,” she said presently, a look of simple affectionateness chasing away the other.
From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia
His affectionateness, purity, simplicity—a simplicity so perfect that it seemed divine—surrounded his greatness with an atmosphere of light and beauty.
From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny
And so was the affectionateness of woman—meaning nothing, only an effect of warmth and geniality, nothing beyond that.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
Though she inherited much of the imperial energy of her mother, it was tempered and adorned with the mildness and affectionateness of her father.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
