adoringly

Gazing with love

Adoringly describes doing something with deep affection or devoted admiration.

Someone gazes adoringly at a newborn, speaks adoringly of a mentor, or looks adoringly at a lover.

The word suggests warmth and tenderness rather than mere approval: She watched him adoringly as he played with the children.

romantic

lovingly

With deep affection

smitten · infatuated · besotted · love-struck · moonstruck · amorous · swooning · enraptured · passionately · ardently

warmth

fondly

With deep affection

sweetly · warmly · endearingly · sentimentally · appreciatively · gratefully · kindly · genially · benevolently · maternally

reverent

worshipfully

With deep reverence

idolizing · admiringly · fawningly · awestruck · respectfully · humbly · piously · glorifying · honoring · praising

devoted

faithfully

With unwavering loyalty

unwaveringly · attentively · caringly · protectively · supportively · sacrificially · selflessly · constantly · reliably · trustingly

Opposites
emotional regard

adoringlyscornfully

With sneering contempt

contemptuously · disdainfully · hatefully · loathingly · disapprovingly

warmth of manner

adoringlycoldly

Without emotional warmth

icily · indifferently · coolly · distantly · detachedly

Family

adoring

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G