as in loving
feeling or showing love
an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely
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Recent Examples of affectionate
The affectionate moment marked their first unmistakable public display as a couple.
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Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The fun doc features affectionate tributes from Michael Douglas, Martha Stewart, Mick Jagger, Diane von Furstenberg and Graydon Carter, to name a few celebrities the up-until-now elusive Pigozzi has become close with over the past five decades.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
And third wife Isabella Rossellini, while affectionate toward him, is candid about how angry and destructive Scorsese could be.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
In all his videos, an affectionate and softly romantic vision of the city came through.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The fun doc features affectionate tributes from Michael Douglas, Martha Stewart, Mick Jagger, Diane von Furstenberg and Graydon Carter, to name a few celebrities the up-until-now elusive Pigozzi has become close with over the past five decades.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
And third wife Isabella Rossellini, while affectionate toward him, is candid about how angry and destructive Scorsese could be.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
In all his videos, an affectionate and softly romantic vision of the city came through.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affectionate
Adjective
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So loving so tender, so, so smart.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pictured with a loving 2D sense of verdant forest habitat and targeting 2-6s, a little frog and her friends live wild adventures around their forest, where music and friendship turn each day into discovery, learning and fun, says the synopsis.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Patriots’ pass coverage without Christian Gonzalez, their atrocious inside linebacker play and roller-coaster special teams, which give any adoring fan a heart attack at a moment’s notice.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Chicharito also benefitted from his market placement in LA, in his case mainly due to the proximity to an adoring Mexican fanbase throughout Southern California.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Affectionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectionate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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