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Word entry · 8 letters

tenderly

Best crossword clue

"With gentle care"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/Part of speech adverbSorted deelnrtyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3N4D5E6R7L8Y

Definitions

  1. with tenderness; in a tender manner

Word origin

From tender + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • 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
    Fanny Hill
  • 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?”
  • 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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