affectionately
affectionately はTOEIC 860・TOEFL 80・IELTS 6.5レベルの英単語で、「愛情を込めて」という意味があります。発音記号は /əˈfɛkʃənətli/ です。
愛情を込めて
解説 Definition
愛情や好意の感情を込めた方法で。温かい感情を表現しながら何かを行う様子。
Affectionately means in a warm, loving, and gentle way. It is used to describe how someone speaks, acts, or refers to another person with care and fondness. It often suggests emotional closeness.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず affection＝「愛情・好意」を確実に押さえ、そこに副詞の -ly が付いて「愛情をこめて」という動き方だと覚える。人への温かい態度を描く語で、smile affectionately, pat a child affectionately, refer to him affectionately などが典型。kindly が「親切に」、warmly が「温かく」なら、affectionately はもう一歩近く、身内や親しい相手への愛着がにじむ感じ。形容詞 affectionate もセットで覚えると定着しやすい。
Build it from `affection` + `-ately` + `-ly`. The base idea is warm personal feeling, so `affectionately` describes an action done with visible love or fondness. It often appears with family or close relationships, like `smile affectionately` or `pat a child affectionately`. Think of warmth with emotional closeness.
例文
She spoke about her children affectionately during the interview.
彼女はインタビュー中に彼女の子供たちについて愛情を込めて話した。
He affectionately patted the dog on the head.
彼は愛情を込めて犬の頭をなでた。
The grandmother affectionately called her grandson her special boy.
祖母は愛情を込めて孫を自分の特別な坊やと呼んだ。
affectionately の類義語・関連語
affectionately の語源・成り立ち Etymology
affectionately は affection + -ate + -ly で、核の affection はラテン語 affectio にさかのぼります。ad-「〜へ」+ facere「する」につながり、「心へ作用する」が「愛情」の感覚になったので、affect や effect と親類です。
Affectionately comes from affectionate and affection, with the adverb ending -ly. Affection goes back to Latin affectio, from afficere, built from ad- and facere, meaning "to do" or "to make." The original idea was of being influenced or moved in feeling, which later developed into the sense of warm love or fondness; compare affect and effect.
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