affectionately

affectionate | American Dictionary

affectionate
adjective
us/əˈfek·ʃə·nət/
showing feelings of liking someone or something, esp. by touching, kissing, etc.:
an affectionate child

affectionately

adverbus/əˈfek·ʃə·nət·li/
He was affectionately known as "Bobo."

Examples of affectionate

affectionate
So also with families, from the warm and affectionate, through those that maintain instrumental relations to those that are hostile.
Thousands admire the sentimental writer; the affectionate father is hardly known in his parish.
Their relationship swings from one extreme to another, as the puppets are affectionate then violent towards each other.
With affectionate humour, the architectural process is thus characterized as an unhealthy union of child's play and obsessive delusion.
The tone of the whole volume is sympathetic, reverent and even affectionate, yet this is not an uncritical piece of hagiography.
They are naturally affectionate, and have an ardent love to their children, friends, and countrymen.
Four subscales can be derived, tangible support, affectionate, positive social interaction, and emotional or informational support.
Accept our warm and affectionate thanks, and best wishes that you who feather nests for others may have your own feathered.
They are held in respectful, warm, affectionate, appreciative relationship with others, including for many, relationships with animals.
Positive maternal representations included behavior that was protective, caretaking, affectionate, and helpful.
Other relationships were more difficult, but the proprietors regarded these as professional and caring if not affectionate.
However, what makes me feel regrettable is that although subjects get affectionate treatment, this can't be heard by people because of newspapers' constant annoying reporting.
It might not in itself be very surprising that, in closely knit families, progress in religion should have been encouraged by affectionate relatives.
The gentle, affectionate toying with his past existence came to an end.
The gentle patriarchy hinges on an affectionate "intercourse between the squire and his son," neither of whom exercises his patriarchal authority.
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