tenderly
23
1.6
- adverb
- /ˈtɛndərli/
:
con ternura
- The father tenderly embraced his child, whispering words of encouragement.
- softly and tenderly
- love tenderly
- so tenderly
So I would invite you to very gently and tenderly ask them, you know, how do you feel about a conversation about this?
- So I would invite you to very gently and tenderly ask them, you know, how do you feel about a conversation about this?
Examples
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"Come on, child," Broken Branch murmured tenderly, picking the girl up and sitting her in her lap.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hands trembling, Dail stroked his harp as tenderly as he'd have caressed an injured child.
Fiction book (1992) -
And how, how tenderly that child needed to be treated.
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I thank you as tenderly as I will always love you.
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Has ever she spoken so tenderly of any other man?
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So I would invite you to very gently and tenderly ask them, you know, how do you feel about a conversation about this?
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And all this time, his loving lord looks on him most tenderly... with great compassion and pity.
Academic text (1992) -
The man slumped in his chair and tenderly pulled his daughter onto his lap.
Fiction book (1991) -
Molly holds the sweater tenderly and presses it to her cheek.
Fiction book (1990) -
Napoleon stepped back into the warm bakery, holding his doughnut tenderly by the waxed paper.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
372
1.0
To do something with little force to avoid hurting or making noise
179
1.0
In a gentle and caring way
95
1.0
In a gentle, light way using little force
78
2.1
With deep love and strong feeling
44
3.7
Gently and carefully to avoid hurting people or breaking things
41
1.0
In a kind and caring way that shows strong feeling for someone
41
1.5
In a warm way that shows liking or love
37
1.0
In a kind, gentle, pleasant way
30
2.6
Act in a loving, gentle way that shows you care
3
3.4
In a loving way that shows deep care and admiration
2
4.2
In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them
1
4.6
In a gentle, loving way like a soft touch
In a way that shows deep love and care
To act gently and carefully without using force
Antonyms
How Tender
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tenderly comes from tender, which in turn comes from an old Latin word tener meaning 'soft'. So to act tenderly is to do something in a soft, gentle, and caring way.