The phrase "affectionate of" is not a commonly used or correct phrase in written English.
It is more natural to say "affectionate towards" or "affectionate with" when describing someone's manner or behavior towards someone or something. Example: She was always affectionate towards her pets, constantly showering them with love and attention.
It was just Mel and a mic – "Good evening ladies and Jews …" – and for this most affectionate of audiences, that was enough.
I told her that I had grown to really love the cat; he was the most affectionate of all my many animals, perhaps because he was the most grateful, and his advanced age made me feel especially tender towards him.
Paula and their firstborn, Geula, joined him in Palestine in 1919, two years after they had been married, unifying the young family but ending the most affectionate of the letter writing.
And if the appropriation, ironic or affectionate, of discarded styles and obsolete consumer goods can be glib and superficial, it also expresses a desire to locate a spirit, an attitude, a set of possibilities that seem otherwise unavailable, and to drag them into the present.
Had the governor attended over the weekend -- he was fishing -- he would have seen what Mr. Dowling has been up to in his spare time, directing "The Plough and the Stars," O'Casey's portrait, both acrid and affectionate, of Dublin's working class during the turbulent days of the failed citizens' revolt of 1916 against the ruling British, known as the Easter Rising.
It's also possible that digital natives will grow more affectionate of reading by screen.
The costume, like that portion of his jokes designed to be corny, is a bit of an affectionate spoof of the conventions of this genre.
In Japanese, for example, there's a concept called amae, a kind of affectionate indulgence of the other, which doesn't exist in the west at all.
That or "Is Childbirth Necessary?" The Washington Post even ran a review in the form of an affectionate imitation of "Is Sex Necessary?," right down to the idiotic sexologists.
Loving grandmother of Kefi Beswick, affectionate stepmother of Dr. William Ruberman and the late Janet Ruberman.
At the peak of her fame, affectionate impersonations of her coaxing bedside manner were commonplace.
