Like the verbal, psychological, mental, emotional, affectionate, and other kinds of intimacy / closeness that has nothing to do with the physical stuff.
Yet Ms. Kendall is an endearing and affectionate observer; you feel her seeking an intimacy with her subjects with the excitement of a detective sensing heat in a cold case.
You may want to try using "traditional" romantic gestures - for instance, lighting aromatic candles, sharing a glass or two of wine, and having a close, affectionate talk on the couch, basking in the intimacy of the moment.
Shakespeare only rarely writes of the extraordinary intimacy between mothers and sons, but Hermione and Mamillius, in The Winter's Tale, embody every affectionate and tender relationship of that sort; Hamlet and Gertrude, every dangerously close one.
The sonics have a bracing, drawing-room intimacy, and the interpretation, with its impetuous tempo changes, translucent textures, and extremes of articulation, has a raw and febrile quality; a heated, but affectionate, conversation among friends.
Affectionate partner to Bob.
Yet the intimacy remained.
The affectionate sparring continued.
She was more affectionate.
