Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tender-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
ten-der-hand-ed-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tender-handed manner.

Etymology

From tender-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tender-handedly (comparative) most tender-handedly (superlative)

Questions

What does tender-handedly mean?
In a tender-handed manner.
Where does tender-handedly come from?
From tender-handed + -ly.

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