fondle
verb (used with object)
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress.
Example Sentences
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He responded gratefully; yet lingered, still listening to the entomologist, until she fondlingly chid him for forgetting that while he had been all day in his swivel-chair, she had passed the hours in unusual fatigues!
From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington
Justice is again pinnacled here, and on her right, on another pinnacle, is a charming angel, upon whom a lion fondlingly climbs.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
