"tenderly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/ [General-American], /ˈtɛn.də.li/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tenderly.ogg [US] Forms: more tenderly [comparative], most tenderly [superlative]
Etymology: tender + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tender|ly}} tender + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} tenderly (comparative more tenderly, superlative most tenderly)
  1. In a tender manner; gently; sweetly. Translations (in a tender manner): нежно (nežno) (Bulgarian), tendrament (Catalan), tenere (Esperanto), hellästi (Finnish), tendrement (French), tenramente (Galician), teneramente (Italian), tendrément [Jersey] (Norman), tendrement (Old French), behutsom (Plautdietsch), czule (Polish), tenramente (Portuguese), не́жно (néžno) (Russian), мя́гко (mjáxko) (Russian), tiernamente (Spanish), ömt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tenderly-en-adv-eZOkfoC8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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