Tenderly
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a tender manner.
Kindly; with pity or affection; fondly.
With a keen sense of pain; keenly; bitterly.
Delicately; effeminately: as, a child
tenderly
reared.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.
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adverb.
In a
tender
manner;
gently
;
sweetly
.
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adverb.
with tenderness; in a tender manner
Word Usage
"Ginny applied it to her skin tenderly, asking "Do you stay in touch with all those kids?""
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
adoringly
affectionately
amorously
ardently
assiduously