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Protectiveness   Listen
noun
Protectiveness  n.  The quality or state of being protective.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Protectiveness" Quotes from Famous Books



... until she supposed that any undue redness of cheek might be imagined to have been occasioned by her strenuous activities. She then straightened herself and looked down at Pa with a curious mixture of protectiveness and anxiety. ...
— Nocturne • Frank Swinnerton

... blush as she came forward and looked up in Miss Fairfax's handsome, beneficent face. There had always been an indulgent protectiveness in Bessie's manner to the master-mariner's little daughter, and it came back quite naturally. Janey expected hasty questions, perhaps reproaches, perhaps coldness, but none of these were in Bessie's way. She had never felt herself ill used by Janey, and in the joy of the sudden rencounter did not ...
— The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax • Harriet Parr



Words linked to "Protectiveness" :   quality, affection, warmheartedness, philia, tenderness, heart, warmness, affectionateness, protective, fondness



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