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affectionately

Syllables: af·fec·tion·ate·ly/əˈfɛkʃənətli/

affectionately adverb: in an affectionate manner.

Adverb

affectionately (comparative more affectionately, superlative most affectionately)

  1. In an affectionate manner.
    • Catherine is affectionately known as "Kit Kat" to her friends.
    • The couple were touching each other affectionately.

affectionately meaning in Tamil and Urdu

affectionately in Tamil

உற்றிடம்

affectionately in Urdu

محبت سے, پیار سے, چاہت سے, لگن سے, دلچسپی سے

Forms of affectionately

comparativemore affectionately
superlativemost affectionately

Origin of affectionately

From affectionate + -ly.

Questions about affectionately

What does affectionately mean?
Affectionately means in an affectionate manner.
What is affectionately in Tamil?
Affectionately in Tamil is உற்றிடம். See Affectionately meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is affectionately?
Affectionately is an adverb.
How do you pronounce affectionately?
Affectionately is pronounced /əˈfɛkʃənətli/.

Words near affectionately in the dictionary

  1. affectionally
  2. affectionate
  3. affectionate friendship
  4. affectionate friendships
  5. affectionated
  6. affectionately
  7. affectionateness
  8. affectionates
  9. affectionating
  10. affectioned
  11. affectioning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affectionately (page history and authors); affectionately (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affectionately (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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