affectionately
English
[edit]Etymology
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English affectionate
English affectionately
From affectionate + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈfɛkʃənətli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: af‧fec‧tion‧ate‧ly
Adverb
[edit]affectionately (comparative more affectionately, superlative most affectionately)
- In an affectionate manner.
- Catherine is affectionately known as "Kit Kat" to her friends.
- The couple were touching each other affectionately.
- 2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:
- After riding high for two decades, the company that makes the hulky bikes that devoted riders affectionately call Hogs is sputtering.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:affectionately.
Translations
[edit]in an affectionate manner
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