affectionateness
Example Sentences
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His affectionateness, purity, simplicity—a simplicity so perfect that it seemed divine—surrounded his greatness with an atmosphere of light and beauty.
From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny
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 Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.)
He spoke with a careless affectionateness, for the young Countess in her helpless beauty appealed to him.
From A Modern Mercenary by Prichard, K. (Kate)
He amuses all the men everywhere by his affectionateness, and eating 346 out of my hand, and following me like a dog.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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 Sue, Eugène
