lovingest

English

Adjective

lovingest

superlative form of loving: most loving
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 40, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
  'I am in the lovingest of tempers, my dear,' she would assure me with a nod, 'but I am fidgeted and sorry!'

Usage notes

Some speakers consider this form erroneous, preferring the superlative most loving.

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