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tenderly

adv
/ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/US/ˈtɛn.də.li/UK

Etymology

From tender + -ly.

  1. derived from tener — “soft, delicate”
  2. derived from tendre
  3. derived from tender
  4. inherited from tender
  5. formed as tenderly — “tender + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a tender manner

    In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.

    • and the hour striking at which I was oblig'd to dispatch my young man, I tenderly advised him of the necessity there was for parting
    • After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?”
    • Outside is getting colder Why does it feel like I'm older than I asked to be? But when you say my name It all falls away so tenderly

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA