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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an affectionate touch" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a gentle or loving physical gesture, often conveying warmth or care.
Example: "She greeted him with an affectionate touch on his shoulder, making him feel welcomed and loved."
Alternatives: "a loving gesture" or "a tender touch."
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A gentle, affectionate touch reaches the brain through a class of nerve fibers in the skin called c-tactile afferents.
Returning to Debussy, Hough brought a deftly affectionate touch to the six miniatures of Children's Corner, and if in L'isle Joyeuse percussiveness sometimes took over from phrasing, the clangorous effect was vivid.
And a parent's affectionate touch goes a long way, from boosting a newborn's healthy development to shaping the child's brain later on, a new study suggests.
The story of how an Algerian substitute teacher in French-speaking Montreal and his middle-school class help each other confront the presence of death in life, this film deals almost casually with a range of issues and themes, handling with a light and even affectionate touch weighty subjects like grief, guilt, community and love.
She trained first as a classical dancer, and at 17 spent a year at dance school in New York, while working as an au pair for a family with whom she is still in affectionate touch.
In his feature debut, Anderson combines a wacky sense of humor with an affectionate light touch.
The neuropeptide oxytocin plays an important role in social behavior, parenting, and affectionate touch and there is some evidence that oxytocin release can be stimulated by massage or affectionate touch.
Dyadic reciprocity was predicted by the frequency of affectionate touch but not by any other form of touch.
That's difficult – not being able to show that affectionate touch, but you have to be careful".
To take just one example, I'm living quite without women, and also men, and if you really want to pull that thread, the fact is I'll never again know the affectionate touch of the human hands that built me.
Studies show that it's released during sexual orgasm and affectionate touch as well.
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