Sentence examples for it is affectionate from inspiring English sources
It is affectionate and loyal and is good with children, making it an outstanding family pet.
Narrated by Dolores, the youngest daughter of a half-Maltese, half-Welsh family who live, pre-slum clearance, in the city's Tiger Bay, it is affectionate and nostalgic without being overly sentimental.
But when black people say it, it's affectionate".
"But it's affectionate about records!" Taylor protests.
Sometimes it's pure rage, but a lot of the time it's affectionate rage.
My godfather used to call me chav, but it was affectionate.
Should this be objective and impartial; should it be affectionate or satirical: should it be partizan or critical?
Most of his correspondents tell him it's affectionate in Swedish, much as "the little guy" is in English.
It's affectionate and irreverent in equal measure, and Kennedy and his Orchestra of Life never sound less than riveting.
If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing; but when black people say it, it's affectionate".
It doesn't reflect too deeply on age and ageing,, doesn't dwell on the sadder and complicated side of things, and perhaps gravitates towards self-conscious eccentricity, but it's affectionate and watchable enough.
