rare. [f. FOND a. + -LY1.] Fond; † foolish. Hence Fondliness, fondness.
1587. M. Grove, Pelops & Hipp. (1878), 77.
| And leaue such fondly toyes | |
| wherin you now doe frame | |
| And trace your steps, yt more to tred | |
| your present woe and paine. |
1852. J. B. Owen, in Talbot, Meliora, Ser. I. 135. The fond old man held his daughter’s little taper hand in his own as they parted, squeezed it with a fondlier emotion than usual as he answered her.
1821. New Monthly Mag., I. 646.
| For such are we to thee, as thou to us,— | |
| Bright partners of the sky, each other’s gloom, | |
| Cheering with smile of mutual fondliness. |
