tenderly
part of speech
adverb (more tenderly, most tenderly)
meaning for a pupil
Tenderly means gently and with love or kindness. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means speaking to the heart, as a husband comforts his wife. God says He will speak kindly to Israel. Interpretation: Hosea's words are read as God's love for Israel as a bride. After punishment He will win her back, as in the wilderness after the Exodus. In the primary lessons: a parent or lover speaking or looking kindly in a tale
examples
- Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her. (Prophets HOS.2.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- She kissed the baby tenderly. tree →
- "Come, little one," he said tenderly. tree →
- He held the bird tenderly in his hands. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tenderly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.