The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affectional \Af*fec"tion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to the affections; affective; emotive; characterized by emotion.
WordNet
Usage examples of "affectional".
Dryfoos complained to his wife on the basis of mere affectional habit, which in married life often survives the sense of intellectual equality.
ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS: Affectional habit Brag of his wife, as a good husband always does But when we make that money here, no one loses it Courage hadn't been put to the test Family buryin' grounds Homage which those who have not pay to those who have Hurry up and git well--or something Made money and do not yet know that money has made them Society: All its favors are really bargains Wages are the measure of necessity and not of merit Without realizing his cruelty, treated as a child End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of A Hazard of New Fortunes, v3 by William Dean Howells A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES By William Dean Howells PART FOURTH I.