tenderly
/ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/ adverb B2- In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
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“What’s this?” asked Joe, taking the hand tenderly and pulling at some white strands beneath the bandages.
At first she seemed overcome with amazement; then tears flowed from her wondering eyes; and then she smiled sunnily through them, and one of her arms slid tenderly about the broker’s neck.
“Oh, thou art a man’s cub,” said the Black Panther very tenderly.
That was worth a little bruise,” said the brown bear tenderly.
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