Word of the Day:
fondly
What It Means
In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
He looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.
Fondly in Context
“[…] 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.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English fondly, fondely, fonnedli, equivalent to fond + -ly.
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