readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness.
expressing fondness.
Affection or fondness is a "disposition or state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, and state of being.
feeling or showing affection or warm regard : loving affectionate friends an affectionate nickname. 2 : motivated by affection : tender affectionate care. 3 obsolete : inclined, disposed.
Example:I love their affectionate ways and the eloquent wag of their tails. She seemed that day to be more than ever kind and affectionate to everyone. Henry was an affectionate but a suspicious and close-handed father. ... He felt the weight of that resolute and affectionate scrutiny and glanced at her occasionally.
The adjective agrarian comes from the Latin root word ager, meaning a field, but the word's meaning has expanded to include anything rural or farm-related.
