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/əfˈɛkʃənət/ /əfˈɛkʃənɪt/ Listen

adjective

Affectionate adj.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Kindly inclined; zealous. (Obs.) "Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate."

Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Strongly inclined; with to. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.

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... manes of the deceased. Considering the great care taken to preserve the dead, and the ponderously solid nature of the Egyptian tombs, it is not surprising that this theory has obtained many believers. M. Gannal believes embalmment to have been suggested by the affectionate sentiments of our nature—a desire to preserve as long as possible the mortal remains of loved ones; but MM. Volney and Pariset think it was intended to obviate, in hot climates especially, danger ...

— A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians • H.C. Yarrow

... more than gratifying. I ought to be thankful, and I trust I am, for such testimonies of sympathy from the first order of minds. When Mrs. Gaskell tells me she shall keep my works as a treasure for her daughters, and when Harriet Martineau testifies affectionate approbation, I feel the sting taken from the strictures of another class of critics. My resolution of seclusion withholds me from communicating further with these ladies at present, but I now know how they are inclined to me—I know how my ...

— Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle • Clement K. Shorter

... hearts! I see it in a mother's love; I see it in a sister's tenderness; I see it in the widow's mite of charity; in the wife's bosom of burning truthfulness; in the devotion of the saint; in the strong purpose, the noble resolve, the dauntless ambition for good. I see it in the affectionate home, the congenial companionship, in the trusting heart of friendship, and most of all in the Christian spirit and life. How this beauty wins us, charms us, ravishes our souls. Our hardness all melts before it. Could Washington come here, and we all ...

— Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women • George Sumner Weaver

... The German home was affectionate and genial. The American, properly introduced, was sure of a generous welcome, for it was hard to find a German who had not many relatives beyond the Atlantic. There were courteous observances which at first put one a little aback. Sneezing, for instance, ...

— The Last Leaf - Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America - and Europe • James Kendall Hosmer

... Spain. He displayed a firm and temperate character in the ease with which he adapted himself to this new situation. His time was almost equally divided between the town and country; the spirit, which had animated his public conduct, was shown in the active and affectionate performance of every social duty; and the diligence of the soldier was profitably converted to the improvement of his ample patrimony, [111] which lay between Valladolid and Segovia, in the midst of a fruitful district, still famous for a most exquisite breed of sheep. [112] From the innocent, ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon

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