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# fondly

«fondly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a kind, loving way: She smiled fondly at the baby** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a kind, loving way: She smiled fondly at the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#m1)

2) Hopefully but wrongly; foolishly: He fondly believed he would win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories people remember someone «fondly» — with love and warm feelings, often someone who has passed away or moved. Phrases: «remember fondly», «look fondly at», «fondly known as».

### examples

- Grandad looked fondly at the old photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x1)
- We remember our old dog fondly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x2)
- The teacher was fondly known as «Mr B». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x3)
- She patted the horse fondly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x4)
- He fondly hoped the homework would do itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x5)
- They speak fondly of their holiday by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/#x6)

### note

Adverb from «fond» (liking someone: be fond of). Spelled with -ly. Often used for happy memories: «I remember it fondly».

### In the corpora

- ["lǎnchóng" means lazybones, literally "lazy worm", and parents use it fondly on Sunday mornings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/9/)
- ["Cheeky monkey" means a naughty or rude child, said fondly (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/14/)
- ["Rascal" means a mischievous, naughty child, said fondly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fondly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.