affectional

Example Sentences

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The family of the owners, who wished to remain anonymous, acquired the work in 1900, and had always called it affectionally ‘The Brueghel,’ thinking it was fake.

From Seattle Times

She told the BBC her son was affectionally known as "Shelly" and described his "amazing personality" and "wicked sense of humour".

From BBC

The proposal would define “sex” as including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, sex assigned at birth, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation and differences in sex development.

From Seattle Times

“Fresh Prince” still felt untouchable, and the role of Vivian Banks, the fierce family matriarch affectionally known as Aunt Viv, even more so.

From Washington Post

As tends to happen whenever with all Paul Rudd discourse online, Twitter users couldn’t help but marvel at the “Ant-Man” star’s age-defying good looks, affectionally dubbing him an “ageless vampire.”

From Los Angeles Times