fondly

1. 1.

   with fondness; with love

   “she spoke to her children fondly”

   Synonymslovingly

Questions about fondly

What does fondly mean?

fondly means "with fondness; with love".

How many syllables are in fondly?

fondly has 2 syllables: fond-ly. The stress falls on "fond". In IPA it is /ˈfɑndli/.

What is another word for fondly?

Close synonyms include lovingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fondly a common word?

fondly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.