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# affectionately

«affectionately» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a loving, caring and gentle way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a loving, caring and gentle way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows love between characters: she hugged him affectionately. Also about nicknames: known affectionately as "Grandpa Joe". Phrases: affectionately known as, smile affectionately.

### examples

- The dog licked her face affectionately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x1)
- Mum patted my head affectionately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x2)
- The old teacher was affectionately known as "Mr B". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x3)
- He spoke affectionately about his grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x4)
- The cat rubbed affectionately against my legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x5)
- The children waved affectionately to their nan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x6)
- The Tunny stuck his nose out of the water and Pinocchio knelt on the sand and kissed him most affectionately on his cheek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x7)

### note

From affection (noun) and affectionate (adjective). Spelling: double f, -tion-, -ately. Do not confuse with "affected" (influenced, or not natural).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «affectionately» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.