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tenderly

[ten-der-lee] / ˈtɛn dər li /
ADVERB
softly
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STRONGEST
carelessly uncarefully


ADVERB
lovingly
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At last, those feelings are tenderly communicated here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

We’re introduced to him not as a thief, but as a doting father who wakes at the crack of dawn, tenderly lays his son in bed next to his sister, and heads off to work.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

The second image shows Meghan tenderly cradling the princess as a newborn following her birth in 2021.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

But the show, subtitled “a story ballet of enlightenment in two immoral acts,” is choreographed — humorously, violently, roughly, tenderly — within an inch of its life.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024

So, as the old woman held the new baby tenderly, she rained tears of sorrow and joy upon it, and the baby's first bath was the unusual mixture of love and loss.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin