Affectionate

a.	1.	Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
	2.	Kindly inclined; zealous. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. - Sprat.
	3.	Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
	4.	Strongly inclined; - with to.

Adj.

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affectionate - having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" Synonyms: fond, lovesome, caring, tender, warm

Christian, Christlike, Christly, adoring, benign, benignant, brotherly, caring, compassionate, conjugal, dear, decent, demonstrative, devoted, doting, faithful, filial, fraternal, good, gracious, human, humane, husbandly, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, maternal, melting, nice, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tenderhearted, uxorious, warmhearted, wifely