tenderly
adverb
- with tenderness
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/ / /ˈtɛn.də.li/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English tender Middle English -ly English -ly English tenderly From tender + -ly.
- In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
“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?””