affectional

Example Sentences

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So, a few weeks ago, I wake our sleeping beauty up around 8 a.m. to get her ready for her early learning daycare program, which we all affectionally call "school."

From Salon

Their picture can be read as a tribute to partnership, artistic, or affectional, or both.

From New York Times

Hatters fan Richard Armstrong, 40, was just three years old when he first visited Kenilworth Road and has a unique perspective on the "old girl", as it's affectionally known by many Luton fans.

From BBC

And the fourth U.S. president — whom Biden affectionally calls “Jimmy” Madison — is a good friend.

From Seattle Times

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