Sekirov Dictionary

tenderful

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 4

noun2

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A quantity that a tender (railroad car behind the engine) holds.
- His complaint was more than justified, for seldom have I seen such a tenderful of dust and sweepings. — 1951
•
The quantity that a tender (ship that functions as a mobile base) holds.
- The sea tossed and jostled Rose and a tenderful of Willies. — 1936

adjective1

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(literary) tender; compassionate.
- You needn't have been so tenderful. I'm going to put on wedding-robes myself, you know. — 1863

forms

tenderfuls · tendersful · more tenderful · most tenderful

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