fondly
adv/ˈfɑndli/US/ˈfɒndli/UK
Etymology
From Middle English fondly, fondely, fonnedli, equivalent to fond + -ly.
- inherited from fondly
Definitions
In a fond manner
In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
- He looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.
Foolishly.
- "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" / I fondly ask...
- […] she fondly believes that ten millions of the free people of the Union will allow her and her seceding brethren to open and shut the portals of this mighty region at their pleasure.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fondly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA