affectionateness
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The next scene is between the mother, father and daughter; Clytemnestra, full of questions about the marriage, Iphigenîa full of excitement and shy tenderness, which expresses itself in special affectionateness towards her father.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
Lensky himself feels a little surprised at his sister-in-law's affectionateness; he looks at her in astonishment.
From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip
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)
It may have been his sacrifice and deep devotion, or that kindly affectionateness which is itself sublime.
From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang
Your villa is admirable, and you yourself, as you sit there, are the personification of comfort, the personification, too, of gentle, sweet, undemonstrative affectionateness.
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
