My mother now represented the one interest that held me nobly and endearingly to life.
"The Two Destinies"
Wilkie Collins
At first Mrs. Boxer had been duly sent, morning, noon, and evening, to take her to, or bring her from, the school; but this was so great a grievance to Simon's solitary superintendent, and Fanny coaxed the old man so endearingly to allow her to go and return alone, that the attendance, unwelcome to both, was waived.
"Night and Morning, Volume 3"
Edward Bulwer Lytton
The girl seemed to love her well in return, and called her endearingly Tan'tante.
"The Awakening and Selected Short Stories"
Kate Chopin