When you do something affectionately, you show in a gentle way that you love someone and care about them. You can smile affectionately, speak affectionately, or ruffle a child's hair affectionately.

When you do something affectionately當你 affectionately 地做一件事 you show in a gentle way你是用溫柔的方式表現出 that you love someone and care about them你愛這個人、也關心他們。You can smile affectionately你可以 affectionately 地微笑 speak affectionately affectionately 地說話 or ruffle a child's hair affectionately或是 affectionately 地揉揉小孩的頭髮。

The feeling inside is fondness, not just good manners: a shop assistant can be polite without being affectionate. People use it for family, partners, close friends, and often for pets.

The feeling inside is fondness心裡的那份感覺是疼愛 not just good manners不只是禮貌而已 a shop assistant can be polite without being affectionate一個店員可以有禮貌，卻不用是疼愛你。People use it for family, partners, close friends, and often for pets大家會用這個字來形容對家人、伴侶、好朋友，也常用在寵物身上。

Though actually, speakers also stretch it a little — a warm, familiar tone toward a neighbour or an old teacher may get the word even when it is not quite love. It is slightly more at home in writing and careful speech than in quick chat; younger people still understand it at once, they just reach for lovingly, or they show the feeling and do not name it.

Though actually不過事實上 speakers also stretch it a little大家講話時也會把這個字用得寬鬆一點 a warm, familiar tone toward a neighbour or an old teacher對鄰居或以前老師那種溫暖、熟悉的語氣 may get the word even when it is not quite love即使還不到愛的程度，也可能會用到這個字。It is slightly more at home in writing and careful speech than in quick chat比起隨口聊天，它更適合出現在書寫和講究的說話裡 younger people still understand it at once年輕人還是馬上能懂這個字 they just reach for lovingly只是他們比較會選 lovingly 這個字 or they show the feeling and do not name it或是他們直接表現出那種感覺，而不特別講出這個字。