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 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

There was an affectionateness, simplicity, and frankness in her manners which won all hearts.

From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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

These outbreaks of despair for mankind were the more obnoxious to Jenny because they were always followed by a monstrous excess of his privileges, by an utterly abhorred affectionateness.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

Tears came into Salvina's eyes at her sister's affectionateness.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel