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单词 over-tenderly
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over-tenderlyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtɛndəli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtɛndərli/
Forms: see over- prefix and tenderly adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, tenderly adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + tenderly adv., after over-tender adj.
With excessive tenderness.In quot. c1475: with excessive solicitude or diligence.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adverb] > specific
over-tenderlyc1475
loving-kindlya1599
meltingly1680
kindheartedly1803
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adverb] > over-sensitively
over-tenderlyc1475
oversensibly1579
supersensitively1840
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 21 (MED) Newe doctouris..cleeven to moyses tablis so ouer tendirly, and as for al hool and sufficient commaundementis of god displaien hem so bisily.
1636 W. Davenant Witts iv. i. sig. F4v There is below, A Brother o'mine; whom (I take it) you Have us'd not overtenderlie.
1688 R. Blackbourn Clitie iii. 182 Inhumane as thou art, I who have over tenderly adored you..must I be made..the Draught to quench your bloody Thirst?
1847 J. Keble Serm. Academical & Occas. viii. 177 Do not shrink thus over-tenderly from the thought of losing me.
1874 Athenæum 24 Oct. 538/1 By the last the poor lady had not been over-tenderly treated, least of all by her husband.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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