affectionately

1. 1.

   with affection

   “she loved him dearly”

   “he treats her affectionately”

   Synonymsdearlydear

Questions about affectionately

What does affectionately mean?

affectionately means "with affection".

How many syllables are in affectionately?

affectionately has 5 syllables: af-fec-tiona-te-ly. The stress falls on "fec". In IPA it is /əˈfɛkʃənətli/.

What is another word for affectionately?

Close synonyms include dearly, dear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affectionately a common word?

affectionately is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.