affectionateness
Example Sentences
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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 Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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 Fanny Kemble
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 Mary Hunter Austin
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 John Ayscough
But in private relations he was simplicity and sociability and affectionateness incarnate, and playful as a young opossum.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
