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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

Foolishly.

[Archaic]

Verstegan (1673).

Make him speak

fondly

like a frantic man.

Shakespeare

In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.

My heart, untraveled,

fondly

turns to thee.

Goldsmith.

adv.

Foolishly; weakly; imprudently; with indiscreet affection.

Fondly we think we merit honor then,

When we but praise ourselves in other men.

With great or extreme affection. We fondly embrace those who are dear to us.

fondly ‎(comparative more fondly, superlative most fondly)

In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
(dated) Foolishly.
- 1861, The Living Age
  […] she fondly believes that ten millions of the free people of the Union will allow her and her seceding brethren to open and shut the portals of this mighty region at their pleasure.