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tenderhearted

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ten·der·heart·ed  (tndr-härtd)
adj.
Easily moved by another's distress; compassionate.
tender·hearted·ly adv.
tender·hearted·ness n.
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Adj.1.tenderhearted - easily moved to love
loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
2.tenderhearted - easily moved by another's distress; "a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray
compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
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I rather miss my wild girl, but if I get a strong, helpful, tenderhearted woman in her place, I shall feel quite satisfied.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Elton was certainly cheering; but still, after a time, she was tenderhearted again towards the rejected Mr.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
Even their mother missed them; and how much more their tenderhearted cousin, who wandered about the house, and thought of them, and felt for them, with a degree of affectionate regret which they had never done much to deserve!
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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