affectionateness

Example Sentences

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“That was sweet of you, Hannah,” she said presently, a look of simple affectionateness chasing away the other.

From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia

There was an affectionateness, simplicity, and frankness in her manners which won all hearts.

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

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.)

Tears came into Salvina's eyes at her sister's affectionateness.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

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