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English
Etymology
From affectionate + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈfɛkʃənətli/
- Hyphenation: af‧fec‧tion‧ate‧ly
Adverb
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, 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
in an affectionate manner