tenderly
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.də.li/
- Hyphenation: ten‧der‧ly
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Adverb
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: […] 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
in a tender manner
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