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affectionately

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af·fec·tion·ate  (-fksh-nt)
adj.
1. Having or showing fond feelings or affection; loving and tender.
2. Obsolete Inclined or disposed.
af·fection·ate·ly adv.
af·fection·ate·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.affectionately - with affectionaffectionately - with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately"
dear, dearly
Translations
affectionately [əˈfekʃənɪtlɪ] ADV
1. → afectuosamente, cariñosamente
2. (in letter endings) affectionately yours; yours affectionately → un abrazo cariñoso
affectionately [əˈfɛkʃənətli] adv [say, smile] → affectueusement
to be known affectionately as → être surnommé(e) affectueusement
affectionately
adv → liebevoll, zärtlich; yours affectionately, Wendy (letter-ending) → in Liebe, deine Wendy
affectionately [əˈfɛkʃ/ənɪtlɪ] adv → affettuosamente
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He feasted his eyes on the words above the signature: she signed herself, "Yours gratefully and affectionately.
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
My kind friends here are most affectionately urgent with me to prolong my stay, but their hospitable and cheerful dispositions lead them too much into society for my present situation and state of mind; and I impatiently look forward to the hour when I shall be admitted into Your delightful retirement.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
We had lain thus in bed, chatting and napping at short intervals, and Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely sociable and free and easy were we; when, at last, by reason of our confabulations, what little nappishness remained in us altogether departed, and we felt like getting up again, though day-break was yet some way down the future.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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