Positive character trait

Loving

adj. Showing deep care, warmth, and affection.

3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Shows the people close to them, often and plainly, that they are loved.
  • Puts time and care into family and friends.
  • Stays warm toward someone after a quarrel or a hard day.

Fits when someone shows deep care and affection to the people close to them

Not when the setting is professional, where loving would sound too intimate

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: it belongs to family and friends. It is the right word for a eulogy, a wedding speech or a card.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] brings a loving patience to [the children or residents] in their care: they know each one's routine and fears, and it shows in how settled the [group or home] is.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] is loving toward younger children and pets, and takes great care of them.
  • In a story, shown not told
    Every night of the forty years they were married, he left a cup of tea by her side of the bed, whether she was awake or not.
Example

Their loving grandfather kept every drawing the children ever sent him.

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