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"affectionate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often fond (4 letters).
Definitions
having or displaying warmth or affection
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.
Used in a sentence
“She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.”
“the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language”
“Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Warmhearted”12 letters
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