adoringly

[ uh-dawr, uh-dohr ]

adverb. lovingly

Word Origin & History

late 14c., aouren, "to worship, pay divine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s. Related: Adored; adoring.

Example Sentences foradoringly

"Betty, Betty, you're so wonderful," cried Mollie adoringly.

He did love her, love her adoringly, as he loved what was great and lofty in art.

Then she backed off, and stood gazing down upon the two of them adoringly.

Cissy paused for breath, and her lover looked at her adoringly.

From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly, madly!

That which the subsidence revealed, adoringly she called her Huggo.

Perhaps it was because they all treated him so adoringly that he was tired of them.

He held his head up in a fine triumph, and she watched him adoringly.

Landon had gone to meet his bride gallantly, adoringly, that day.

John Ring used to handle it adoringly, and kept it polished to brilliancy.

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More words related to adoringly

lovingly

tenderly