The children absorb—and ignore—a little bit of each in this lovingly wrought story of youthful innocence lost.
I bet George's lady love wouldn't have been rendered as lovingly.
My sisters Rosa and Liz called it “the claw,” lovingly at times, and at other times I was not so sure.
Not quite what you would get if you used a Thomas Keller recipe that started with lovingly hand-raising your own Leghorns.
Andrew claims that he lacks feelings, but characters and events are lovingly—or obsessively—described.
Impulsively she reached out a strong brown hand and placed it lovingly over the frail one near her.
In this manner they travelled, side by side, lovingly together.
And yet the little children put their arms around His neck, and looked up fearlessly and lovingly.
The angel of death had kissed her lovingly, and unnoticed of any she had passed with him away.
He dwelt long and lovingly over the financial pages, running his eyes up and down the columns of "to-day's transactions."
Old English lufenda (see love (v.)). Loving cup is attested from 1808. Lovingkindness was Coverdale's word.
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