Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fond manner.
- With indiscreet or excessive affection; also (without implication of indiscretion), affectionately; tenderly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Archaic Foolishly.
- adverb In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Foolishly . - adverb In a
fond manner;affectionately ;tenderly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with fondness; with love
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Examples
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Anyone who remembers him fondly is an arch conservative Reaganite in the truest sense.
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(He remembers them fondly from a cafe in Hiroshima.)
Who Knew? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010
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I remember this exchange fondly from the last time you posted it.
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Resident Evil was fun while it was here, although the only scene I remember fondly is the final battle with Nemesis in the second movie, but I think it has outstayed its welcome and it's time for it to go.
Promise of Resident Evil 4 Limps Along Like a Zombie « FirstShowing.net 2008
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When asked for his prediction, John McCain fondly recalled the time he teased James Naismith about his new invention, telling him nobody would care about a game with a bunch of guys running up and down a court trying to put a ball into a vegetable basket.
Obama switches prediction: now says it'll be Celtics in six 2008
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My daughter Natalie had requested the cake for her birthday, having remembered it fondly from a family dinner earlier this year.
TBTAM and the Three Cakes - A Cautionary Tale aka TBTAM 2008
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Yes, “Games” was a great magazine that I remember fondly from the 80s.
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Since we're talking about podcasting anniversaries, here are a few Legal Underground podcasts that I remember somewhat fondly from the past year:
Podcasts 2007
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The only thing that I remember fondly from the LEP days is when I got the chance to actually see the underground structures that housed the experiment and that now are used for the next generation particle accelerator, called LHC.
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Instead of being a name fondly remembered by Kirk, he is Kirk's mentor.
William Bradley: Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O 2009
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