Definitions for affectionate

affectionate af·fec·tion·ate

Spelling: [uh-fek-shuh-nit]
IPA: /əˈfɛk ʃə nɪt/

Affectionate is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 509 anagrams from letters in affectionate (aaceeffinott).

Definitions for affectionate

adjective

  1. showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender:
  2. having great affection or love; warmly attached; loving:
  3. Obsolete. strongly disposed or inclined. passionate; headstrong. biased; partisan.

Origin of affectionate

1485-95; affection1 + -ate1, on the model of passionate

Examples for affectionate

Paralus ever lived in affectionate communion with the birds and the flowers.

Not all the women Dodsworth included had positive or affectionate things to say about their breasts.

Percival felt they were all regarding him now with affectionate concern.

Come to me as before, and you shall find me as I have ever been—affectionate and kind.

But she is so affectionate, one does not know how to be angry with her.

I get the benefit of 50 years-worth of television that people are affectionate about.

Our meeting, after mutual recognition, was affectionate and cordial.

While we did not ‘know’ each other in a Biblical sense, it was nevertheless inappropriately romantic and affectionate.

The company describes it as an “affectionate, irreverent re-telling of the ultimate best-seller.”

He was a beautiful child, sweet natured, affectionate, with cocoa-colored skin and a thousand-watt smile.

Word Value for affectionate
Scrable

20

Words with friends

22

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