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fondly

[fond-lee] / ˈfɒnd li /
ADVERB
dearly
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ADVERB
tenderly
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It reminds us that the smells we remember fondly are often inseparable from the less-than-fragrant conditions that produced them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

McLoughlin, who fondly remembers PlayStation cases on a bedroom shelf and getting new games for Christmas, says "it would suck to see physical games disappear completely".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mbappe is fondly nicknamed "Guigui", the Chinese translation of "Turtle", due to his popularity as a character in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meme.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

If you talk to anyone who has lived in several properties throughout their life, they will probably have one home they still think about fondly.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The conductor would remember her fondly as the schoolgirl who talked football.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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