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fondly
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. 2 (cx dated English) foolishly.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fondly was originally a Chicago -based trio that produced two albums of indie punk in the mid to late 90's. Brian Burkhard, Andy Grzenia, and Dick Simpson were the three original members. They released a self-titled CD (1995) - recorded in Brian Deck 's ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fondly imagine (= to believe something that is untrue ) ▪ He had fondly imagined that she was in love with him. remember fondly (= in a way that shows you liked someone or something a lot ) ▪ The restaurant is fondly ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fondly \Fond"ly\, adv. Foolishly. [Archaic] --Verstegan (1673). Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. --Shak. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. My heart, untraveled, fondly turns to thee. --Goldsmith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "foolishly," from fond + -ly (2). Formerly sometimes in a bad sense, "with indiscreet or excessive affection" (1762). Meaning "affectionately" is from 1590s.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with fondness; with love; "she spoke to her children fondly" [syn: lovingly ]
Usage examples of fondly.
Jane lingered a while longer and embraced Aurora fondly when they said farewell.
How fondly she greets him from dale and from park, From loving names growing in White birchen bark, From hills where flourish The oaks which the ashes of heroes nourish.
I consecrated the last day to Therese, but I could not find any opportunity to ask her for a last consoling embrace, which she would not have refused me under the circumstances, and which I should still fondly remember.
Sara was looking at her with a curious expression, almost fondly, and suddenly Danner felt embarrassed.
On his part Dopey liked almost everybody who did not frighten him and who belonged to what he fondly believed to be the upper classes, but as almost everyone frightened him Dopey had few friends.
Who will eat of the fruit of the one durian which I have nurtured so carefully and fostered so fondly?
Complications there are none, and the sole interest of the play consists in the vivacity of the dialogues and in the arch mischief with which Egle eventually shames Eridon out of his foolish jealousy of his maiden, who is only too fondly devoted to him.
Granddad himself, with Grandmother Aganippe, stroked horses fondly in the court, unaware that up behind them Zeus in golden-showerhood rained in upon their frockless daughter, jackpotting her with me.
Miry Ghyll, fondly remembering Clive picking and giving her a wild rose, a rose she still had.
The room was in its bedroom configuration, all the tables and chairs stowed away, replaced by a large and comfortable bed--a bed that Gubber had reason to remember most fondly.
He was always under my windows, and I had reason to believe that he loved me fondly.
After the body of Osiris had been strewn piecemeal, the fragments were fondly gathered by Isis, and he was restored to life.
As much as Vok wanted to become fully one with his ancestors, as often and fondly as he dreamed of the Long Sleep and the peace it would bring him, he did not want to be the last to take that path.
Hyacinth, bending fondly over the little ones that blossomed by her side.
We fondly kissed goodbye, she bade me take care of myself, I bridled pretty Pegasus, picked up Polyeidus, winged northwestward in high spirits.