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How to use fondly in a sentence

19 example sentences · adverb

Fondly means in a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. Example: “He looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.”

Examples of fondly by meaning

adverbIn a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.

  • He looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.

More sentences with fondly

  • All the septuagenarians remembered their seventieths fondly.From the entry seventieth
  • He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.From the entry opening
  • She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army.2012, Satish C. Bhatnagar, Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, volume 1, page 16. From the entry reminisce
  • And pretty soon a little cavegirl wandered by and rubbed the caveman’s smooth cheek fondly.1966 April 3, Art Vinsel, “Gadzooks! Where Did All the Hirsutes Come From?”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 31, Long…. From the entry hirsute
  • What he had fondly imagined was a pleasant exhilaration had been maudlin intoxication.c. 1900, O. Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball. From the entry maudlin
  • Olivia laughed fondly at the baby face of Skeet Bisbee.2014, Amber Leigh Williams, chapter 2, in Married One Night (Harlequin Super Romance), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page…. From the entry baby face
  • I remember those happy Hullish years fondly.2014, Mark Batty, A Heart Still in Hull: Huddled Together: Drama 50: Fifty years of Hull University Drama Department. From the entry Hullish
  • Her husband took off his glasses and wraggled them back and forth as he beamed fondly at her.2011, Dawn Powell, A Time to Be Born. From the entry wraggle
  • Ivan Dérer, a Budapest-trained lawyer and ardent Czechoslovakist, who did not speak very fondly of his Slovak brethren.2003, Zoltan G. Mesko, The Silent Conspiracy: A Communist Model of Political Cleansing at the Slovak University in Bratislava After the…. From the entry Czechoslovakist
  • When you can’t decide between a cookie and a brownie, why not make both—in the same pan—for what we fondly refer to as the “brookie.”2019, Martha Stewart’s Cookie Perfection, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry brookie
  • Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.2007, Harold M. Bergsma, One Way to Pakistan: A Novel, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 199. From the entry gora
  • I once stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena while making a movie, and fondly remember sipping English Breakfast tea by their pool in the morning.2007 November 1, Mark Sachs, quoting Malcolm McDowell, “Malcolm McDowell”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry English breakfast tea
  • Among his own fondly remembered favorites are Nalisniki, “like a crepe, very rich, stuffed with sweet cheeses and covered with hot strawberry sauce.1994 December 14, Zedra Jurist Aranow, “Cookbooks: Area tomes make great local gifts”, in Springfield Union-News, Springfield, Mass.: The…. From the entry nalisnik
  • Last, but not least, of your binding adjustment tools is fondly called a “Fine Adjustment Tool,” more commonly known as a hammer.1980, Richard Glovin, How to be the Casual Ski Mechanic, page 14. From the entry fine adjustment tool
  • He yearns for his village chowpal (meeting place) and fondly remembers the pleasant nights he spent in bhajan, kirtan, or folksongs with his village companions.1946, Report of the Health Survey and Development Committee, volume 3, page 93. From the entry chowpal
  • His hair crinkled towards her fondly.1924, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 167, page 181. From the entry eager
  • When we had done the first time, Liza Jane lay sweatin' and pantin' in me arms an' I clasped a paw across her poonts and squoze 'er belly fondly.2010, Michael Grady, A True History of the Robson Mistake, page 77. From the entry poonts
  • The newer 39-story, 1.5-million-square-foot tower occupies much of the original Shearson Garden, a larger parklet that briefly greened the construction site to be, and is remembered fondly by nearby Tribecans.2000, AIA Guide to New York City, page 58. From the entry green

Meaning of fondly

  1. adverb In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
  2. adverb Foolishly.

Full definition of fondly

Questions about fondly in a sentence

How do you use fondly in a sentence?
Fondly is used as an adverb. For example: “He looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.”
What is a short sentence with fondly?
“His hair crinkled towards her fondly.”
What does fondly mean?
Fondly means in a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fondly (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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