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—lovingly, adv. —lovingness, n./luv"ing/, adj.feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.[bef. 1000; ME lovyng; r. ME lovende, OE lufiende. See LOVE, -ING2]
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Loving — steht für: Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Loving (Georgia) Loving (Kentucky) Loving (New Mexico) Loving (Oklahoma) Loving (Texas) Loving Fork (Virginia) Loving County, Verwaltungseinheit in Texas in der Schweiz: Lovens, ein Ort im Kanton… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Loving — can refer to* Love, a range of human emotions * Loving (novel), a 1945 novel by Henry Green. * Loving (TV series) , an ABC soap opera. * Loving (film), a 1970 movie directed by Irvin Kershner. * Loving, New Mexico, a village located in Eddy… … Wikipedia
loving — loving, affectionate, devoted, fond, doting are comparable when they mean feeling or showing love or strong liking. Loving stresses the inward emotion and usually implies sincerity and depth of feeling {a loving father} {loving friends} {looking… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Loving — Lov ing, a. 1. Affectionate. [1913 Webster] The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-loving — [ lʌvıŋ ] suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives describing the thing that someone enjoys: a wine loving country a fun loving boy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Loving — Loving, NM U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 1326 Housing Units (2000): 516 Land area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Loving, NM — U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 1326 Housing Units (2000): 516 Land area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
-loving — UK [lʌvɪŋ] US suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives describing the thing that someone enjoys a wine loving country a fun loving boy Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym … Useful english dictionary
loving — O.E. lufenda (see LOVE (Cf. love) (v.)). Loving cup is attested from 1808. Lovingkindness was Coverdale s word … Etymology dictionary
loving — [luv′iŋ] adj. 1. feeling love; devoted 2. expressing love [a loving act] lovingly adv. lovingness n … English World dictionary
loving — index zealous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
