affectionateness

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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 Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

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 James, William

This man possessed not merely in an unusual, but in an absolutely unique, degree the grace of sympathetic affectionateness.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang

She reminded him of the boy's great natural goodness, his brilliancy, his affectionateness.

From The Ifs of History by Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar