tenderly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də.li/
- Hyphenation: ten‧der‧ly
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Adverb
[edit]tenderly (comparative more tenderly, superlative most tenderly)
- In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
- 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
Translations
[edit]in a tender manner
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