tenderly
温柔地,温柔的,温柔地对待,轻轻地
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ten·der·er, ten·der·est.
- : soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- : weak or delicate in constitution; not strong or hardy.
- : unable to withstand freezing temperatures.
- : young or immature: children of tender age.
- : delicate or soft in quality: tender blue.
- : delicate, soft, or gentle: the tender touch of her hand.
- : easily moved to sympathy or compassion; kind: a tender heart.
- : affectionate or loving; sentimental or amatory: a tender glance.
- : acutely or painfully sensitive: a tender bruise.
- : easily distressed; readily made uneasy: a tender conscience.
- : yielding readily to force or pressure; easily broken; fragile: These roofing shingles are too old and tender.
- : of a delicate or ticklish nature; requiring careful or tactful handling: a tender subject.
- : considerate or careful; wary or reluctant: He was tender of imposing his views on others.
- : Nautical. crank.
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- : Usually ten·ders . a strip of chicken meat loosely attached to the underside of each breast half, along the breastbone.a boneless and skinless strip of chicken cut from the breast or thigh.
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- : to make tender: He tendered the meat in his special marinade before throwing it on the grill.
- : Archaic. to regard or treat tenderly.
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Examples
Bring to a rolling boil, then lower the heat to a simmer, cover, and cook the beans until they are tender and almost falling apart, 30 to 45 minutes.
Roasted onions, mushrooms or other vegetables, tender and caramelized, can be pureed right into the gravy and will thicken it as well as add flavor.
Continue to roast, uncovered, about 15 minutes, until the squash is very tender, the stuffing has lightly browned and the broccolini stem pieces are crisp-tender.
Inward, we were kicked and shoved for being too tender amongst our own.
Neumann had previously sued SoftBank when it terminated a $3 billion tender offer in which he was set to sell many of his WeWork shares.
I held it in my arms until the alarm in the safe rang harshly, and then tenderly, proudly, I replaced it and shut the steel doors.
I first glimpsed 11-year-old Yussef Mohamed tenderly cleaning the face of someone wounded.
Not since Bill Clinton has the middle class been so tenderly wooed.
The models walked with a fistful of red roses, tenderly tossing them onto the bed-bound boys as they turned a corner.
He and Rosemary kiss tenderly as Blue is handcuffed behind his back and taken out of the cell.
Women pitied him, and gazed at him tenderly, wondering if a man could look like that for anything save the loss of a sweetheart.
The dear old creature p. 42was really shocked at our backsliding; but she nursed Tom very tenderly all the same.
The men lift his body tenderly and carry it to the place where the tame buffaloes have been left.
Sick with jealousy and spite, she bowed as she passed, trying to look eighteen, and tenderly reproachful.
But most of them remembered tenderly the first school society of which they had been members.