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tenderly

Syllables: ten·der·lyUK/ˈtɛn.də.li//ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/

tenderly adverb: in a tender manner; gently; sweetly.

Adverb

tenderly (comparative more tenderly, superlative most tenderly)

  1. 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 parting1749, [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
    • 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?”2013, Victoria J. Hyla, Running in the Mists (Hearts Drawn Wyld Trilogy; 2), Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 300

tenderly meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Odia

tenderly in Urdu

ملائمیت سے, نرمی سے

tenderly in Malayalam

അരുമയോടെ, സദയം, മയത്തോടെ

tenderly in Odia

tenderly; softly
ଆସ୍ତେ āste

Examples of tenderly in a sentence

  • Such dear embrace tenderly comforts even in this dear sorrow.
  • Kissing the top of her head, he whispered tenderly, “We are well-matched, heartling.
  • Tenderly, he rockabyes it: “My baby Seymour—as in ‘emphyseymour.’ Next time I’ll bring his sister Ivy—I promise!

All 17 example sentences with tenderly

Forms of tenderly

comparativemore tenderly
superlativemost tenderly

Origin of tenderly

From tender + -ly.

Questions about tenderly

What does tenderly mean?
Tenderly means in a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
What is tenderly in Urdu?
Tenderly in Urdu is ملائمیت سے, نرمی سے. See Tenderly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is tenderly?
Tenderly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tenderly?
Tenderly is pronounced /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/ (US).

Words near tenderly in the dictionary

  1. tenderlings
  2. tenderloin
  3. tenderloin steak
  4. tenderloin steaks
  5. tenderloins
  6. tenderly
  7. tenderman
  8. tendermen
  9. tenderminded
  10. tendermindedly
  11. tendermindedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenderly (page history and authors); tenderly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tenderly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଆସ୍ତେ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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