loving
feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
Origin of loving
1Other words from loving
- lov·ing·ly, adverb
- lov·ing·ness, noun
- non·lov·ing, adjective
- un·lov·ing, adjective
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How to use loving in a sentence
The loving-partner version is to prepare your spouse a favorite warm beverage and listen sympathetically.
Carolyn Hax: Her husband firmly plants his flag. Does it look like a red one to her? | Carolyn Hax | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostShe marshals her means to do what she can, always aware that her survival depends on acting the part of a loving wife to her slave master.
Sadeqa Johnson’s ‘Yellow Wife’ chronicles one tenacious enslaved woman’s survival in the antebellum South | Ellen Morton | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostThere was something loving and maternal that was just kind of built into her.
Queer fans’ love of Wonder Woman is bulletproof | John Paul King | December 26, 2020 | Washington BladeOver the decades, she had several loving, long-term, same-sex relationships.
She is kind and loving, and has done no wrong in all of this.
Miss Manners: Stop and think before hitting ‘reply all’ | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post
There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.
Even the most mundane experiences seem extraordinary when lovingly rendered by Kalman.
The memoir also explores the romance between you and your late husband, Robert Graham, whom you speak very lovingly of.
All Eyes on Anjelica Huston: The Legendary Actress on Love, Abuse, and Jack Nicholson | Alex Suskind | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy sisters Rosa and Liz called it “the claw,” lovingly at times, and at other times I was not so sure.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhatever persona she adopts, Dyer is framed lovingly by her husband.
David Bailey’s ‘Stardust’ Shows a Keen Eye for Fine Faces | Chloë Ashby | February 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo the twain walked on very lovingly together, Dorothy gazing sadly and fondly at every well-known object in her path.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThe branches seem to pat the house lovingly and to protect the children when the sun is too hot or the rain comes down too fast.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonHe went toward her and lovingly taking her hands, bent low and pressed his lips to them; they were cold as marble.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaThe slanting light lovingly caressed the brow, cheeks, lips, and throat.
Urania | Camille FlammarionShe moved nearer to his side and leaned up lovingly against him as she spoke.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha Finley
British Dictionary definitions for loving
/ (ˈlʌvɪŋ) /
feeling, showing, or indicating love and affection
Derived forms of loving
- lovingly, adverb
- lovingness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with loving
see tender loving care.
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