English → Latin
“tenderly” in Latin
blanduspleasant, agreeable; enticing, seductive, alluring; persuasiveamanterlovingly, affectionatelypiuspious, devout; dutiful, loyal, conscientious; good, blessedteneōto hold, have; to grasp; to possess, occupy, control; to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keeptenersoft, delicate, tender; young, youthful; effeminate, sensitivemollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tenderdēlicātusalluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous; soft, tender, delicate; effeminate, spoilt with indulgence
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tenderly
blande: amanter: pie [STN, in TENDER]. To look tenderly at anybody; perhaps molli vultu aliquem aspicere (Ov., Met., 10, 609): to behave tenderly toward, alicui multa blandimenta dare.
Softly, tenere or tenerius (post-Augustan): molliter: delicate. To bring up children too tenderly, molliter educare liberos.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tenderly?
- The usual Latin words for “tenderly” are blandus, amanter, pius; also teneō, tener, mollis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.