The phrase "affectionate appreciation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a warm and loving acknowledgment of someone's efforts or qualities.
Example: "Her affectionate appreciation for his hard work was evident in the heartfelt note she wrote him."
Alternatives: "loving gratitude" or "warm acknowledgment".
Even Paisley's one-time nemesis, Gerry Adams, wrote an affectionate appreciation in the Guardian this week.
The writer compared the Chinese people's worshipful adoration of Mao with their affectionate appreciation of Deng Xiaoping's recent ventures into guarded capitalism.
Mr. Melee wields the camera as an act of self-defense and revenge, but also as a means of wary if affectionate appreciation.
Offered in affectionate appreciation of Art's gifts, this lecture series seeks to recognize and encourage professional economists to search for policies that will contribute to the betterment of life and living.
Morrissey celebrated her literature and her life in his one-man performance at the Peacock, Maeve's House, which proved to be a beguilingly affectionate and affecting appreciation of Brennan.
Her memory will ever be held in affectionate remembrance and appreciation, not only by all the members of our family but by the wide circle of those whose duties brought them into contact with her.
And it is these same sections that showcase his gifts as a novelist: his talent for depicting the ordinary (as opposed to metaphoric or supernatural); his affectionate but astringent understanding of his characters and their imperfections; his appreciation of the dark undertow of loss that lurks beneath the familiar, glossy surface of suburban life.
Mr. Letterman, not known for public displays of fondness, demonstrated his appreciation by giving Laurence A. Tisch, the CBS chairman who approved the deal, an affectionate squeeze.
Even a gruff and seemingly distant teacher is likely to be touched by a kind gesture of appreciation, even if he or she isn't going to show it as much as a more affectionate person.
Much of this appreciation may also be because Bang Gang avoids melodrama, forsaking formulaic resolutions for mature character development – it's an affectionate, non-judgmental film.
Accompanying them with affectionate whimsy is an authentic youngster: Nellie McKay, the 30-year-old London-born chanteuse who shares Mr. Irwin and Mr. Shiner's ardent appreciation of entertainment styles from the early decades of the last century.
