1. affectionate children
2. a fond embrace
3. fond of his nephew
4. a tender glance
5. a warm embrace
1. "The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness."
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Dean Koontz, Forever Odd
2. "He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody."
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Jane Austen, Persuasion
3. "He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody."
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Jane Austen, Persuasion
4. "Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much."
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Quote by Will Cuppy
5. "The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog."
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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
6. "Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere."
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Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
7. "Hmm," I said. "Nuisance" at least sounded affectionate. My wife had been alternately terrified of or furious with me."
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Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One
8. "I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle."
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Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat
9. "Excuse me for being so intellectual. I know you would prefer something nice and feminine and affectionate."
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Zelda Fitzgerald, Dear Scott
10. "Innately affectionate, and innately afraid of unreturned affection, and indomitably unwilling to let any of that stop her."
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Peter Watts, Blindsight