tenderly

1. 1.

   with tenderness; in a tender manner

   “tenderly she placed her arms round him”

Questions about tenderly

What does tenderly mean?

tenderly means "with tenderness; in a tender manner".

How many syllables are in tenderly?

tenderly has 3 syllables: ten-der-ly. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛndɚli/.

Is tenderly a common word?

tenderly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.