affectionateness
Example Sentences
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She remembered that, often struck by the affectionateness and intelligence that beamed from Yvon's eyes, she had asked herself how such looks could come from a young man who was devoid of reason.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Eugène Sue
“That was sweet of you, Hannah,” she said presently, a look of simple affectionateness chasing away the other.
From A Beautiful Alien by Julia Magruder
But all that is attractive, gracious, charming in behaviour, all affectionateness and friendliness, must not proceed from the concepts, for if it does, “we feel intention, and are put out of tune.”
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
With the utmost affectionateness and freedom of intercourse there was a certain raptness of devotion, a mingled simplicity and elevation of thought and feeling, peculiarly his own.
From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald
John Packer liked to be cross and autocratic, and to oppose people; but there was hidden somewhere in his heart a warm spot of affectionateness and desire for approval.
From The Life of Nancy by Sarah Orne Jewett
