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affectiously

affectiously adverb: affectionately; in an affectious way.

Adverb

affectiously

  1. (obsolete) Affectionately; in an affectious way.
    • "... tending to the surtie of God's true religion and professors thereof, the welfair of the King's Majesty, and commonwealthe of the haill realme, whereanent we desire you affectiously to give him some credit.— From Stirling, xxi Sept., 1584.“1584, Stirling, letter quoted in 1864, Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc, page 472
    • How affectiously the speaches! With what a grace he teacheth! How ioyfully the hart leaps, while it takes the words of eternal life , […]1634, Stephanus Luzvic, Henry Hawkins, The Devout Hart

Examples of affectiously in a sentence

  • Cusake I demed to be more affected to Desmond than Ormond, White I knew, and all others that knew him thought him to be affectiously devoted to Ormond, as one borne bis follower, and yet both honest.1855, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, page 44:
  • I beseech you altogether most affectiously ...1883, Claude Nau (sieur de la Boisselière), The History of Mary Stewart: From the Murder of Riccio Until Her Flight Into England

Origin of affectiously

From affectious + -ly.

Questions about affectiously

What does affectiously mean?
Affectiously means affectionately; in an affectious way.
How do you use affectiously in a sentence?
Cusake I demed to be more affected to Desmond than Ormond, White I knew, and all others that knew him thought him to be affectiously devoted to Ormond, as one borne bis follower, and yet both honest.
What part of speech is affectiously?
Affectiously is an adverb.

Words near affectiously in the dictionary

  1. affectioning
  2. affectionless
  3. affectionlessness
  4. affections
  5. affectious
  6. affectiously
  7. affective
  8. affective computing
  9. affective disorder
  10. affective disorders
  11. affective labor

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