[ US /ˈfɑnd/ ]
[ UK /fˈɒnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for
    fond of chocolate
    partial to horror movies
  2. absurd or silly because unlikely
    fond hopes of becoming President
    fond fancies
  3. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
    deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
    adoring grandparents
    hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother
  4. having or displaying warmth or affection
    affectionate children
    a tender glance
    a fond embrace
    fond of his nephew
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How To Use fond In A Sentence

  • If all this seems a little negative, let me assure you I now feel an almost pathological fondness for the place. Times, Sunday Times
  • My first indication that I'm going to need to let out my belt a couple of notches comes at the hotel's raclette and fondue evening.
  • Edgar Allan Poe, I am fond of believing, earned as a critic a good deal of the excess of praise that he gets as a romancer and a poet, and another over-estimated American dithyrambist, Sidney Lanier, wrote the best textbook of prosody in English; [31] but in general the critical writing done in the United States has been of a low order, and most A Book of Prefaces
  • That takes me right back - I used to have a special bagna cauda set, like a mini-fondue set. Two Recipes for Bagna Càuda (Δύο Συνταγές για Μπάνια Καούντα)
  • But because Americans are not nearly as fond of dates as they are of coffee, java came out on top due to sheer popularity.
  • He is fond of pointing out how esoteric this debate is to the wider public.
  • Feeling almost fond, I read it. Times, Sunday Times
  • For the fondness or averseness of the child to some servants, will at any time let one know, whether their love to the baby is uniform and the same, when one is absent, as present. Pamela
  • I remember this exchange fondly from the last time you posted it. One Last Poke – Brian Keene
  • Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
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