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Lovingness

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Lov´ing`ness
n.1.Affection; kind regard.
The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness.
- Sir. P. Sidney.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Lovingnesslovingness - a loving feeling                    
caring
love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
warmheartedness, warmth - a warmhearted feeling
2.Lovingnesslovingness - a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
affectionateness, fondness, warmth
emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality
tenderness - a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
uxoriousness - foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife


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How busy his thoughts were, as he walked home, in devising pitying excuses for her folly, in referring all her weakness to the sweet lovingness of her nature, in blaming Arthur, with less and less inclination to admit that his conduct might be extenuated too
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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