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单词 fondly
释义 I. ˈfondly, a. rare.
[f. fond a. + -ly1.]
Fond; foolish. Hence ˈfondliness, fondness.
1587M. Grove Pelops & Hipp. (1878) 77 Leaue such fondly toves.1852J. B. Owen in Talbot Meliora Ser. i. 135 The fond old man..squeezed [her hand] with a fondlier emotion than usual.1821New Monthly Mag. I. 646 Bright partners of the sky, each other's gloom Cheering with smile of mutual fondliness.
II. fondly, adv.|ˈfɒndlɪ|
[f. fond a. + -ly2.]
1. Foolishly. Obs.
c1340Cursor M. 16461 (Laud) Iudas beheld & sie how fondly they with hym dalt. [Doubtful; MS. is 15th c.]1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 97 Thou feynest fonnedli that oure Lord we sclaundre.1483Cath. Angl. 137 Fondely, stulte.1551Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. ix. 23 Suche other thynges as menne be wont to doe verye fondly.1634Ford P. Warbeck iv. iv, He fondly angles who will hurl his bait Into the water, 'cause the fish..dares not bite.1648J. Beaumont Psyche xix. xxx, Still thy Adventure's management debases The fondly-founded credit of thy Bliss.
2. With self-pleasing or affectionate credulity.
1762Goldsm. Cit. W. xlvii. (1837) 189 You would fondly persuade me that my former lessons still influence your conduct.1805Wordsw. Prelude iii. 482 That they needs Must keep to all, as fondly all believe, Their highest promise.1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 12, I will henceforth..endeavour to be all that she fondly imagined me.1851Gladstone Glean. VI. lxix. 45, I..am fondly perhaps but yet firmly assured [etc.].1862Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. x. 131 [The English] have fondly traced the origin of our free institutions to the most remote ages.1885Law Times LXXIX. 159/1 Legal learning is not, we fondly hope, a thing of the past.
3. Affectionately, lovingly, tenderly. Also, with show of affection, caressingly.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. ii. 9 As a long parted Mother with her Child, Playes fondly with her teares.1737–8Savage Volunteer Laureat vi. 9 To be or fondly or severely kind..Parents shall learn from Her.1757Foote Author i. Wks. 1799 I. 131 You loved her, Sir..Fondly.—Nay, foolishly.1797–1800Coleridge Christabel Poems (1862) 287 Fondly in his arms he took Fair Geraldine.1870E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. III. 95 He never looked on her so fondly as now.
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