lovingly

1. 1.

   with fondness; with love

   “she spoke to her children fondly”

   Synonymsfondly

Questions about lovingly

What does lovingly mean?

lovingly means "with fondness; with love".

How many syllables are in lovingly?

lovingly has 3 syllables: lov-in-gly. The stress falls on "lov". In IPA it is /ˈlʌvɪŋli/.

What is another word for lovingly?

Close synonyms include fondly. 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 lovingly a common word?

lovingly 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.