dotingly

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Another is presumably padded, but her closed lips form a smug and knowing smile, a hand over her bump dotingly, as if to say, “Who knows?”

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

The clairin is syrup set on fire, and as we drink, Denis just stares at Durrand, silently, dotingly — reveling, it seems, in how he’s all grown up now.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2019

Watching dotingly from the side were DiPace and Ditto’s co-owner, Cookie Backelman, who wore a sweatshirt printed with the dog’s image.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2018

The birds dotingly present their partner with branches, clumps of dried marsh grass and even “decorations.”

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015

So on many evenings Captain Sam's front parlor rang with melody, while the captain smoked in the big rocker and listened admiringly and gazed dotingly.

From Shavings by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby