affectionateness
Example Sentences
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Very tentative they were, for he had become a boy of subdued passions, and potential rather than actual affectionateness.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There was an affectionateness in the mere outside of every one of them.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
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 Susan Warner
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
Touching in their affectionateness are the remarks which each passes upon each.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
