The nurse cared for the patient very tenderly.
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Tenderly
//ˈtɛn.dɚ.li//
Synonyms for "tenderly" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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Translations
17 translations across 16 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ëmblas adv (in a tender manner)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нежно adv (in a tender manner)
Catalan
1 entries- tendrament adv (in a tender manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- tenere adv (in a tender manner)
Finnish
1 entries- hellästi adv (in a tender manner)
French
1 entries- tendrement adv (in a tender manner)
Galician
1 entries- tenramente adv (in a tender manner)
Italian
1 entries- teneramente adv (in a tender manner)
Norman
1 entries- tendrément adv (in a tender manner)
Old French
1 entries- tendrement adv (in a tender manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- behutsom adv (in a tender manner)
Polish
1 entries- czule adv (in a tender manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- tenramente adv (in a tender manner)
Russian
2 entries- мя́гко adv (in a tender manner)
- не́жно adv (in a tender manner)
Spanish
1 entries- tiernamente adv (in a tender manner)
Swedish
1 entries- ömt adv (in a tender manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
They kissed tenderly.
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Tom kissed Mary tenderly.
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Tom kissed Mary tenderly on the lips.
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