Loving
['lʌvɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) feeling or showing love and affection; 'loving parents'; 'loving glances' .
Inputed by Kari--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Love
(a.) Affectionate.
(a.) Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
Typed by Brooke
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Affectionate, fond, attached.
Checker: Valerie
Examples
- Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You that should be models of industry are just as gossip-loving as the idle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- God was the loving father of all life, as incapable of showing favour as the universal sun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mrs Lammle bestowed a sweet and loving smile upon her friend, which Miss Podsnap returned as she best could. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, as I know your loving and dutiful nature from--hum--from experience, I am quite satisfied that it is necessary to say no more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At that moment the parting was easy to bear: the first sense of loving and being loved excluded sorrow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a lovely drive, along winding roads rich in the picturesque scenes that delight beauty-loving eyes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Her empty bed, her idle ball, Will never see her more; No gentle tap, no loving purr Is heard at the parlor door. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His marriage would be a mere piece of bitter irony if they could not go on loving each other. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She has had a good example before her all her life, my dear, Mr. March whispered back, with a loving look at the worn face and gray head beside him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And your loving me,--why, it was almost like raising one from the dead! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Or iver you set up the pole o' your tent amang us, Mr. Moore, we lived i' peace and quietness--yea, I may say, in all loving-kindness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And it is there I would want to meet you--not in the emotional, loving plane--but there beyond, where there is no speech and no terms of agreement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Was it the speciality of Mr and Mrs Lammle, or does it ever obtain with other loving couples? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She had just copied them with great care, and had destroyed the old manuscript, so that Amy's bonfire had consumed the loving work of several years. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Molly