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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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68 words match “TENDERNESS”

TENDER-HEFTED a.

Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak.

In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.

Tenderness. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

TIDDER; TIDDLE v.

To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

ss, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor. The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage in Farquhar. Hazlitt. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard). Extre…

Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely patience." Chaucer. With all the tenderness of wifely love. Dryden.

In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman. Gascoigne.

asy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. Gen. xliii. 30. Your mother's heart yearns towards you. Addison.