affectional
- s characterized by emotion
- Democratic Representative Bella Abzug of New York introduced a bill last March to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by adding "affectional or sexual preference" to the proscriptions .
- Like a shell game, this musical teases the eye without stimulating a smidgen of affectional concern.
- The urge is for affectional interchange that goes beyond the anesthetized handshake or the slap on the back.