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- noun Plural form of
tenderness .
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Examples
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In the domestic circle his affections and his tendernesses were his most conspicuous traits, and in the domestic circle he was as unfortunate for his children through his very virtues as outside it he was unfortunate by reason of his vices.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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I rather suspect there were "tendernesses," but only such as a fine gentleman permits himself amongst semi-savage peoples -- something that seems to say, "Be as fond of me as you like, and it is a great privilege you enjoy; and I, on my side, will accord you such of my affections as I set no particular store by."
Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839
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Also, on occasion, she can be firm and hard, even cynical An intellectual woman, and at the same time a very womanly woman, capable of sudden tendernesses, flashes of emotion, and abrupt actions.
THEFT 2010
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One of the back-in-time tendernesses I've felt for people was seeing how folks, like the Romans, often buried their dogs with fond inscriptions.
Contact Fresca 2010
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They whispered flirty little tendernesses to each other, laughed, kissed, and lingered on the beach as the final fading hues of pink, orange, and plum faded from the sky.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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They whispered flirty little tendernesses to each other, laughed, kissed, and lingered on the beach as the final fading hues of pink, orange, and plum faded from the sky.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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They whispered flirty little tendernesses to each other, laughed, kissed, and lingered on the beach as the final fading hues of pink, orange, and plum faded from the sky.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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They whispered flirty little tendernesses to each other, laughed, kissed, and lingered on the beach as the final fading hues of pink, orange, and plum faded from the sky.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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It is one of these adamantine tendernesses which are the touchstones of every age and race.
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I felt as if I had come into the knowledge of those domestic weaknesses and tendernesses in a sacred confidence, and that to disclose them, even to Steerforth, would be wrong.
David Copperfield 2007
frogapplause commented on the word tendernesses
Every time I try to pronounce this word, it sounds ugly. I bet ruzuzu could do justice to it!
April 9, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word tendernesses
Well... gosh... I'd be stammering.... *feels embarrassed tendernesses toward frogapplause*
April 9, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word tendernesses
Go for it, ru!
April 9, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word tendernesses
And if all else fails, try tenderneffes.
April 9, 2010