0 kind and loving, especially by touching and holding people more than is usual, often in a way that makes other people uncomfortable: --
His son reminds him to forget his old methods of motivation and revert to the touchy-feely stuff his wife used.
The nanny state was punitive, austere, and authoritarian, the therapeutic state is touchy-feely, supportive and even more authoritarian.
What pantheism isn't: a touchy-feely, kumbaya vibe as is often depicted.
I really think he helped me with my screen test because he was so present for me, so charming and so touchy-feely.
Let me deal with "touchy-feely" first.
This is really touchy-feely politics.
Perhaps if he continues in this vein, he will become the chairman of a self-help group and other touchy-feely things that may help people who spend £40 on a scam.
That is not touchy-feely; it is practical work in the public interest.
