1 in a way that shows great affection:
He looked at her fondly. * I fondly remember my first job as a reporter.
2 in a hopeful way that is silly or unreasonable:
I fondly imagined that you cared for me.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fondly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fondly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fondly is tagged as adverb.
Does fondly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — fondly appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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