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Affectionately

Affectionately \Af*fec"tion*ate*ly\, adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
affectionately

1580s, from affectionate + -ly (2).

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affectionately

adv. In an affectionate manner.

WordNet
affectionately

adv. with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, dear]

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Affectionately

Affectionately (April 26, 1960 – 1979) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Usage examples of "affectionately".

All friends inquire very particularly and affectionately after you, particularly your cousin, Mrs.

Dantes took the hand of the abbe in his, and affectionately pressed it.

I was, therefore, obliged to give it up, as you may imagine, but I own I went away with rather a heavy heart, for the horse had looked at me affectionately, had rubbed his head against me and, when I mounted him, had pranced in the most delightful way imaginable, so that I was altogether fascinated with him.

He bowed politely to the baroness, familiarly to Danglars, and affectionately to Monte Cristo.

Madame de Morcerf, after having affectionately embraced her son, entered the coupe of the diligence, which closed upon her.

The old man appeared to be listening attentively and as affectionately as his infirmities would allow to the Abbe Busoni, who looked cold and calm, as usual.

Confess that you have been the tiniest bit wrong in this little matter and turn the sunshine of your smile upon your children, I pray you, and in the meantime believe them, Always affectionately yours .

Major Migel affectionately dubbed the Forest Hills trio, that they had entertained almost every delegate to the World Conference, keeping open house and lunching or dining as many of the foreign visitors as possible.

Finally but unmistakably she said no to Davidson: Now I am starting on my long world tour, and before correspondence becomes almost an impossibility, I want to say some things to you, most affectionately but with a firm will and mind of my own.

Violet said, smiling through her tears as she took his hand and pressed it affectionately in hers.

Paula murmured, smiling to herself as she thought affectionately of Emily, her busy little bee forever trying to be of help.

Little monkeys, she muttered affectionately, recalling the scene which had been enacted in the driveway a short while before.

What can this absolute and remarkable silence mean between two people who look as affectionately on each other as these two look, every time their eyes meet!

You force me from this, and from more--for you force me from my home, at the moment when my son has affectionately entreated me to take him back to my fireside.

Blyth is glad to see that he sits down between them and takes their hands gently and affectionately in his.