Definition of "loving" []

• Feeling love; affectionate. (adjective)
• Indicative of or exhibiting love. (adjective)

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• ""Nay, do not blame him; he cannot help _not_ loving me, no more than I can help _loving_ him.""
• "I agree that I prefer people keep the lyrics when it's about loving a person - like if the song was about * loving* a man, I would prefer he sing it from the perspective of a gay man or a woman, rather than change the lyric."
• "Four-year-old Ian was adopted at birth by Dan Gallagher and Peter Shearer, homosexuals who have lived together in what they describe as a loving relationship for 14 years."