affectionateness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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)

"She thinks I am in love with her because I said that about affectionateness," he thought.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

He sidled and fluttered for an interval, making up his mind to a resumption of affectionateness, and finally making it up that he couldn't, and remembering an engagement somewhere for the evening.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

Though she inherited much of the imperial energy of her mother, it was tempered and adorned with the mildness and affectionateness of her father.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Nor should this increase of affectionateness excite surprise—it is the proper result of a conflict of this sort between father and child when conducted in the right spirit.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix