affectionateness

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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)

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

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

The piety, the humanity, and the affectionateness of Boaz and Ruth form a beautiful picture in the early Hebrew history, and seem to come before us anew in the character of David.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

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

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