The phrase "affectionate desire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a warm, loving longing or wish for someone or something.
Example: "Her affectionate desire for his company was evident in the way she smiled whenever he entered the room."
Alternatives: "loving longing" or "tender yearning".
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Examples of these qualities are warmth, ability to nurture and compromise and desire to be affectionate and loving.
In 1985, I wistfully made a list of desired qualities: generous, funny, affectionate, artistic, college-educated, Irish Catholic.
Stacey D'Erasmo: One of the things I've always loved about queer culture is the openness and passionate curiosity about love, desire and the myriad forms of affectionate ties.
David A. Rosenberg of Backstage said, "This is an affectionate tour de force, amusing and poignant, revealing man's implacable desire for endurance".
Take Zaid (Mido Hamada), an Iraqi photographer whose desire to work with Anna is less professional than shyly affectionate — they lie on a bed and hold hands.
Mr Wheen in the course of a charming, affectionate and even jolly new biography makes no attempt to deny Marx's vicious streak and his desire to dominate.
The difference is that eros is a kind of passionate desire for an object, typically sexual in nature, whereas 'philia' originally meant a kind of affectionate regard or friendly feeling towards not just one's friends but also possibly towards family members, business partners, and one's country at large (Liddell et al., 1940; Cooper, 1977a).
Titled "The Dead Hand Loves You", this is at once a vividly-imagined meditation on memory and desire; a sprightly satire on the enshrinement and over-interpretation of trashy art; and an oddly affectionate portrait of a vengeful disembodied hand.
