Feeling love in little ways (6)
I believe the answer is:
pathos
'feeling' is the definition.
(pathos is a kind of feeling)
'love in little ways' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'ways' could be 'paths' (path is a kind of way) and 'paths' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pathos that I've seen before include "Quality inspiring pity" , "Pitiful quality" , "Power to excite tender emotion" , "Pitifulness" , "Quality that arouses sympathy" .)