Fondly

Examples

• He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She hesitated for a moment, holding the little volume fondly in her hands--then lifted it to her lips and kissed it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He loved her himself too fondly for that. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• No, my dear, said her father, kissing her fondly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Now make haste,' said Mr. Wardle; for the fat boy was hanging fondly over a capon, which he seemed wholly unable to part with. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• By this time he had sat down: he had laid the picture on the table before him, and with his brow supported on both hands, hung fondly over it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I think so, he said, kissing her fondly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He loved her much too fondly to subject her to that horrid woman and her vulgarities, and the rough treatment of a soldier's wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And soon afterwards, on the second boy's violently pinching one of the same lady's fingers, she fondly observed, How playful William is! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Hope, among my other blessings, was not denied to me; and I did fondly trust that my unwearied attentions would restore my adored girl. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He hung fondly by his godfather's side, and it was his delight to walk in the parks and hear Dobbin talk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He's his father's darling, he is,' said she, with a sudden turn of mood, and, dragging the child up to her knee, she began kissing it fondly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Becky looked at him with rapture and pressed his hand fondly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I fondly explained to Dora that Jip should have his mutton-chop with his accustomed regularity. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was proud of his interest: deeply, fondly, gratefully attached to him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She had worked even at the Latin accidence, fondly hoping that she might be capable of instructing him in that language. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It's your turn, William, says he, putting his hand fondly upon Dobbin's shoulder; and Dobbin went up and touched Amelia on the cheek. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Immediately on our departure, I was delighted to find a change in Idris, which I fondly hoped prognosticated the happiest results. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The Vicar, while he talked in this way, alternately moved about with his pipe in his mouth, and returned to hang rather fondly over his drawers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• About a question of marriage I have seen women who hate each other kiss and cry together quite fondly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I esteem and approve my child as highly as I do most fondly love her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Dear Doctor Manette, I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disinterestedly, devotedly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He handled the dice fondly one by one. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The ideal then approaches nearer to us, and we fondly cling to it. Plato. The Republic.
• Her father fondly replied, Ah! Jane Austen. Emma.
• Here she sate, and recalled to herself fondly that image of George to which she had knelt before marriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• During that time my wife and I have loved each other as fondly and lived as happily as any two that ever were joined. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Besides, the woman I had loved so fondly was now my brother's wife; so I had nothing to gain by revealing myself. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She had loved him only too fondly: and was he not the father of her boy? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Good-by, Mas'r George, said Tom, looking fondly and admiringly at him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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