Sekirov Dictionary

tender-handed

adjective 2
adverb 1
forms 2

adjective2

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Gentle; Having a light touch and compassionate actions.
- A momentary coolness from the dark Flows inward on the tender-handed breeze. — 1949
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With hands that are very sensitive and easily hurt.
- Resinous splinters or rolled paper tapers were kept on the fireboard for candle lighters; also perhaps tongs for the tender-handed pipe lighter who could not handle a live coal in his hands. — 1962

adverb1

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Gently; With a light touch.
- Kinspeople, tender-handed, Found on the foreshore's brim A corpse the harsh sea stranded — And so far well with him. — 1906

forms

more tender-handed · most tender-handed

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