tenderly

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From tender +‎ -ly.

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tenderly (comparative more tenderly, superlative most tenderly)

  1. 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
    • 2019, “Sinking”, performed by Clairo:
      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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