Example Sentences

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Affectively, you’re just saying you are more educated than the person writing or speaking.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2014

Affectively she was remarkably frank, sometimes a little surly, or she showed a slight empty uneasiness.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)