tender-hearted
adjective
soft-hearted; sympathetic.
tender-heartedness
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a word derived from
tender-hearted.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t really want to talk about gender, because it’s lose-lose,” they say, and yet they manage it lightly and with tender-heartedness, even toward some famous comedians who don’t return the favor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
To Walinsky, it was clear why, barely four years after Dallas, the fatalistic Kennedy bristled at Ginsberg’s lecture on tender-heartedness.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2018
But for all her tender-heartedness Madame did not, so far as I ever could discover, do much for the men of her own nation or of ours.
From A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham
Mr. Helps tells us that the tender-heartedness which pervaded Mr. Brassey's character was never more manifested than on the occasion of any illness of his friends.
From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith
It was thought at the time that these qualities were necessary to counteract, as far as possible, the tender-heartedness of President Lincoln.
From My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Depew
