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# affectionately

adverb

«affectionately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x1)
- Mum patted my head affectionately. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x2)
- The old teacher was affectionately known as "Mr B". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x3)
- He spoke affectionately about his grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x4)
- The cat rubbed affectionately against my legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/#x5)
- The children waved affectionately to their nan. [tree →](https://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://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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «affectionately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«affectionately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/affectionately.html) on Mova free.