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loving definition

lov·ing (luv′iŋ)

adjective

  1. feeling love; devoted
  2. expressing love a loving act

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loving Synonyms

loving

modif.

admiring, respecting, valuing, liking, fond, tender, kind, enamored, in love, attached, devoted, appreciative, having a good will toward, attentive, thoughtful, ardent, solicitous, doting, amiable, warm, amorous, smitten, warm-hearted, affectionate, zealous for, anxious, concerned, sentimental, amatory, benign, earnest, benevolent, cordial, caring, considerate, loyal, generous; see also friendly 1, passionate 2.


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loving Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • unconditionally: She reveals how to reconnect with our divine Self, and its unconditionally loving nature.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • have: John MacArthur shows how true biblical love can bridge the gulf between you and the people you have difficulty loving.

Modifies a noun

  • kindness: Shall I go astray after so much loving kindness and tender mercy?

Used with adjective complement

  • stop: He never stops loving; his last breath was a breath of love.

Preposition: in

  • way: Near the end of each chorus " cos my baby gives me that loving in a special way " ?
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loving quotes

All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one, you need not covet it) is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope isgone.

-Austen,Jane

Dante, who loved well because he hated, Hated wickedness that hinders loving.

-Browning, Robert

Let twenty pass, and stone the twenty-first, Loving not, hating not, just choosing so. 162

-Browning, Robert

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