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companionate

companionate \companionate\ adj. companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog.

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companionate

a. Of or pertaining to a companion

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companionate

adj. like a companion; "companionate marriage"; "a companionate dog"

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Usage examples of "companionate".

In this section, we will review several kinds of love, some of which have been mention already (romantic, companionate, and bargain-hunting non-romantics).

In contrast, companionate love is calmer, involves more relaxed love making and is based on respect, trust, and security as friends.

Dalla was as decorative as she was competent, and this had led to a few episodes that made her first companionate marriage to Verkan Vall rather hectic.

She remembered the stock University phrase for Professor Baltov's four noisy companionate marriages: "the victory of optimism over experience.

I should have thought yours were cooler from the outset-and you my senior, and Etana companionate with me, not you.

Her only allegiances were to the companionate she shared THE STARS ARE ALSO FIRE 341 with Kaino and to this ship.

I should have thought yours were cooler from the outset—and you my senior, and Etana companionate with me, not you.

Her only allegiances were to the companionate she shared with Kaino and to this ship.

The bond between a woman and a man was mutually beneficial, companionate and often, after a time, affectionate, but to show jealousy, or any strong emotion, was unthinkable.

At the same time, a companionate race of telepathic giant birds called lammergeiers was also created to assist the Vispi in their survival.