affectionateness
Example Sentences
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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
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
She saw Noel's father and mother again, and was greeted by the latter with a bright and conditional affectionateness that inspected even while it acclaimed.
From Consequences by E. M. Delafield
It is kindness, affectionateness, benevolence, sympathy, rejoicing with them that do rejoice, and weeping with them that weep.
From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson
"She thinks I am in love with her because I said that about affectionateness," he thought.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
