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

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

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 Jewett, Sarah Orne

Very tentative they were, for he had become a boy of subdued passions, and potential rather than actual affectionateness.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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)