Affectionate
Affectionate adjective - Feeling or showing love.
Special and affectionate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Affectionate".
Nearby Words: affection, affectionately
Special
Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Affectionate and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affectionate" instead an adjective "Special".
Both words in one sentence
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After The Movie, the writers made a special effort to show her warmer, more affectionate side.
Source: Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa -
Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: Being the affectionate type most of her female friendships are like this, but special mention goes to Raven.
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A special instance is Yuichiro not being able to figure out that Elga thinks he doesn't love him because he won't pet her and be as affectionate anymore now that she's human.
Source: Manga / Inumimi
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