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verb + tenderly
She held the baby tenderly.
她温柔地抱着婴儿。
温和地；体贴地；柔和地
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温和地；体贴地；柔和地
with tenderness; in a tender manner
She held the baby tenderly.
她温柔地抱着婴儿。
以温柔的方式；轻柔地；亲切地
In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
She held the baby tenderly in her arms.
她温柔地把婴儿抱在怀里。
He tenderly brushed the dust off the old photograph.
他轻柔地拂去旧照片上的灰尘。
The nurse spoke tenderly to the frightened child.
护士温和地对受惊的孩子说话。
She held the baby tenderly.
她温柔地抱着婴儿。
tenderly 可放在动词前或后，前置时更强调动作的方式。
He tenderly wiped her tears.
他温柔地擦去她的眼泪。
Not this
He smiled tender at the child.
Use this
He smiled tenderly at the child.
动词后面要用副词来修饰，不能用形容词。tender 是形容词，tenderly 是它的副词形式，表示“温和地、温柔地”。
Not this
She has a tenderly heart.
Use this
She has a tender heart.
副词不能修饰名词。tenderly 是副词，只能修饰动词、形容词或其他副词；修饰名词要用形容词 tender。
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温柔地抚摸
She tenderly touched the baby's cheek.
她温柔地抚摸婴儿的脸颊。
温柔地亲吻
He tenderly kissed her forehead.
他温柔地亲吻她的额头。
温柔地抱着
The mother tenderly held her sleeping child.
母亲温柔地抱着熟睡的孩子。
悉心照料
Nurses care tenderly for the patients.
护士们悉心照料病人。
温和地说
She spoke tenderly to the frightened dog.
她温和地对受惊的狗说话。
晚风温柔地轻抚着树木。
The word 'tenderly' appears in the famous opening line of the jazz standard 'Tenderly', composed by Walter Gross with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.
单词“tenderly”出现在爵士标准曲《Tenderly》的著名首句中，该曲由沃尔特·格罗斯作曲、杰克·劳伦斯作词。
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tender（柔软的）+ly → 像对待嫩肉一样轻柔，即温柔地、体贴地。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、文学叙事 tenderly 多用于描述动作或言语中带有的温柔、体贴或柔和，比较常见于文学作品或日常叙述，属于中性偏正式；口语中可以用 gently 或 lovingly 代替。
slenderly 与 tenderly 重读音节及韵脚相同，真正押韵。elderly、orderly、mannerly 虽然都以 -erly 结尾，但元音或韵尾不同，只是拼写相近；tender 和 tendency 是形近词，发音亦不同，注意区分。
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