half-affectionately

Updated: May 24, 2025

So finally he had to do as he had done the night he brought her home, pick her up bodily and lay her on her own bed. Her arms fell from his shoulders as he straightened himself from laying her down. "'Night," she said, still sleepily and half-affectionately; and Francis did not kiss her good-night. But he did want to badly. Francis, unlike Marjorie, was not sleeping well these nights.

Margaret Widdemer - I've Married Marjorie

Miss Gibbs is a nice little girl, a pretty little thing and as straight as a die. But she is not your equal in any sense; neither socially nor intellectually; and though you may not believe it, you would regret the marriage in a week." Owen looked at him, half-affectionately, half-quizzically, for a moment. "Why should I, Barry?

Kathlyn Rhodes - The Making of a Soul