affectionateness
- noun
- /əˈfɛkʃənətnəs/
:
afectuosidad
- The elderly couple's affectionateness for each other was evident in the way they held hands.
Examples
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Children often express their affectionateness through hugs and kisses.
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Jay Forrester (b. 1918) invented magnetic affectionateness memory in 1949.
Blog text (3) -
There is ever a desire to give but little in return for our devotion and affection; their love being akin to children's—a sort of easy affectionateness; at fifty, a man's feelings too often take a new course altogether.
Blog text (31) -
Her warmth and affectionateness made everyone feel welcome in her home.
Synonyms
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1.0
A strong feeling of care and liking for someone or something
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1.4
A gentle warm feeling for a person, animal, or thing
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1.0
A friendly, kind feeling in the way someone speaks or acts
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3.4
A gentle caring feeling of love and concern for someone
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2.8
A strong warm liking for a person or thing
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5.2
A kind, warm way of treating other people
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5.2
A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people
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3.6
Warm care and kindness that a person shows to others
A kind, gentle feeling that makes you feel sorry for others and want to help them
Warm, kind feelings for a person or place
A feeling of kindness and affection toward someone
A kind and friendly feeling toward other people
Antonyms
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
affectionateness = affectionate (transparent) = affection + ate + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clear adjective 'affectionate', yielding the quality of being affectionate.
Etymology
Affectionateness comes from affection ('a feeling of love or fondness') plus the ending -ness ('the state of'), so affectionateness means the state of being warm, loving, and showing care to others.