TENDERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenderly mean? 

• TENDERLY (adverb)
  The adverb TENDERLY has 1 sense:

1. with tenderness; in a tender manner

  Familiarity information: TENDERLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENDERLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With tenderness; in a tender manner

Context example:

tenderly she placed her arms round him

Pertainym:

tender (having or displaying warmth or affection)

 Context examples 

"I won't trouble you. I only want to know if you care for me a little, Meg. I love you so much, dear," added Mr. Brooke tenderly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The Professor laid his hand tenderly on his shoulder as he spoke:—Ah, my child, I will be plain.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“But he means well,” said Mrs. Micawber, tenderly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may be: let her—" he stopped and burst into tears.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Edward is very amiable, and I love him tenderly.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Justine has just returned to us; and I assure you I love her tenderly.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

She was tenderly disposed toward him, but she did not know it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The feeble flame must be cherished tenderly if it were to gather strength and live.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then the huntsman spoke further and said: Father, will you see the maiden who brought me up so tenderly and who was afterwards to murder me, but did not do it, though her own life depended on it?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)