What does tendersome mean?
Tendersome means Characterised or marked by tenderness.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characterised or marked by tenderness.
I'm afraid she's not long for this world; poor dear young lady, she was never used to hard words, and can't bear it, for she was always a tendersome thing like, and now her strength is clean worn out.
This ain't the safest place to sit'n'think, Zachry, said Meronym, so tendersome that fin'ly my tears oozed out.
Once observing in a tendersome moment / I noted the wind as stealthily He passed; [...]
Use tendersome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tendersome means Characterised or marked by tenderness.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'm afraid she's not long for this world; poor dear young lady, she was never used to hard words, and can't bear it, for she was always a tendersome thing like, and now her strength is clean worn out.
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