Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenderly

/ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: ten-der-ly
IPA: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.

Example Sentences

"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"
"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"

Etymology

Etymology tree English tender Middle English -ly English -ly English tenderly From tender + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/
British English: /ˈtɛn.də.li/

Inflected Forms

more tenderly (comparative) most tenderly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tenderly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/.
What does tenderly mean?: In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
Where does tenderly come from?: Etymology tree English tender Middle English -ly English -ly English tenderly From tender + -ly.

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