affectionateness

Example Sentences

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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

These outbreaks of despair for mankind were the more obnoxious to Jenny because they were always followed by a monstrous excess of his privileges, by an utterly abhorred affectionateness.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

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)

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

What impression would the brightness, sweetness, and affectionateness of Jesus have made on the temper and disposition of John?

From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)