TENDERLY Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

tenderly

adverb

Definition of tenderly

as in lovingly

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Recent Examples of tenderly Greene, who loves to blur the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, uses this premise as a way to tenderly explore these people’s lives. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026 Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Mining the moribund annals of art history, the duo create tenderly wrought paintings and drawings that often revisit the aesthetics of the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, which overtook large swaths of the artists’ native Croatia for centuries. — Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 The sense the gallery creates is of all three artists tenderly reunited and singing together in unison. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The first portion of Psalm 23 describes God as a shepherd who protects, tenderly cares for, and leads his people, even in the darkest of times. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 Panettiere tenderly conveys the turmoil of being a kid who’s just trying to keep it together in the face of unthinkable circumstances. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Acuña swung and missed and hopped on his left leg before walking tenderly back to the dugout. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 24 July 2026 Caught in each other’s orbit, tenderly touching their matching neck scars, lovingly attuned to one another. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenderly

Adverb

Like the s’mores kits lovingly put together by the staff to be used on the electric firepit on the patio out back.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Kelce said lovingly before shouting out how quickly and thoroughly Swift picked up all there is to know about his sport.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of lovingly

Adverb

The Close Encounters director looked back on a mock trial Sheindlin so graciously presided over in honor of his superfan mother’s 90th birthday.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
There have been some updates, so please check the schedule here and come listen to the candidates who've so graciously accepted our invite to speak.

— Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of graciously

Adverb

To be a builder is to be high agency, to contribute benevolently to society, to be the man in the arena.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Vance Joseph tried outfitting himself in a modest tone, even if his unit hasn’t exactly acted benevolently toward its training camp counterpart.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025

Definition of benevolently

Adverb

Season two goes a little differently than season one, because the music exec in charge of casting the show (Ashley Padilla) is being lightly blackmailed by two … unique candidates (Jane Wickline and new cast member Grace Reiter).

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
But, when Dovner questioned him lightly about the details, the man’s infectious laughter made Gleb even more convinced that such trifles were hardly worth mentioning at all.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of lightly

Adverb

But apparently Payton didn't take too kindly to the Seahawks coaches' scouting tactics.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The Yankees have been, to put it kindly, offensively challenged in the absence of Aaron Judge and with their captain likely to miss the Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox.

— James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026