Meaning

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
2. (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
3. (obsolete) Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
4. (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
5. (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.

Example Sentences

She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.

the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language

Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.

Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].

1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41, Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband CHARLES DICKENS

And firſt, his Majeſty would have you to underſtand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right uſe of Parliaments, than his Majeſty hath approved himſelf to be,[…].

Word Forms

• more affectionate
• most affectionate
• affectionates
• affectionating
• affectionated

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Use affectionate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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