Affectionate
[ə'fekʃ(ə)nət] or [ə'fɛkʃənət]
Definition
(adj.) having or displaying warmth or affection; 'affectionate children'; 'a fond embrace'; 'fond of his nephew'; 'a tender glance'; 'a warm embrace' .
Typed by Claus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
(a.) Kindly inclined; zealous.
(a.) Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
(a.) Strongly inclined; -- with to.
Editor: Susanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Loving, fond, attached, devoted, warm, tender, kind, sympathetic, tender-hearted, warm-hearted.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- It's a weakness to be so affectionate, but I can't help it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The church-bells were going for a week-day service; they suggested a word of affectionate remonstrance on my part. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And Meg offered her hand with a gesture both affectionate and timid. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Her last words were, Give her my affectionate respects; and keep father fro' drink. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When you are cold to me, as you _are_ sometimes, can I venture to be affectionate in return? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There, that'll do: don't yer be too affectionate, in case I'm cross with yer,' said Noah, disengaging himself with great gravity. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They are not open, fervent, eloquent epistles, breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But (with an affectionate smile) let him succeed at last, Fanny, let him succeed at last. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to _his_ easy temper, or _her_ affectionate heart. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Caddy, who had not seen me since her wedding-day, was so glad and so affectionate that I was half inclined to fear I should make her husband jealous. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am very affectionate, and naturally honourable; because I abhor a lie! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was addressed to myself; and laid an injunction on me, in a few affectionate words, never to refer to the subject of that evening. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You're a dutiful and affectionate little boy, you are, ain't you,' said Mr. Weller, 'to come a-bonnetin' your father in his old age? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mrs. Ferrars is one of the most affectionate mothers in the world. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The mother had not been so well pleased, perhaps, had the rival been better looking, younger, more affectionate, warmer-hearted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is a most affectionate creature, as I have reason to say. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Idris, the most affectionate wife, sister and friend, was a tender and loving mother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But the affection was charming to Margaret's own affectionate nature; and she had grown up with the inconsequence, so she did not perceive it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And downstairs she was led accordingly, accompanied by her affectionate son. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Good-by, she said, with affectionate sadness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If not a dominant and commanding race, they are, at least, an affectionate, magnanimous, and forgiving one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- While he spoke, the tone of his voice, the light of his now affectionate eye, gave me such a pleasure as, certainly, I had never felt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They are not naturally daring and enterprising, but home-loving and affectionate. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am sure she'll tell you I'm affectionate. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Beside which, his mien conquered me, and an affectionate sentiment towards him, again filled my heart--I bade him command me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Physically Mr. Bulstrode did not want the vinegar, but morally the affectionate attention soothed him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane while she was ill at Netherfield? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Marian has been mother and sister both to me, said the good, affectionate girl, her pretty blue eyes glistening while she spoke. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But Mary, my dear'--here Sam's manner grew extremely affectionate--'Mary, my dear, I've got another affair in hand as is wery pressin'. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As soon as I heard that she had spoken, I sent Clara to her, that the sight of the lovely innocent might inspire gentle and affectionate thoughts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Roxanne