Definition of "tenderheartedness" [tenderheartedness]

• The characteristic of being tenderhearted. (noun)
• The result or product of being tenderhearted. (noun)

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• "In one family I know, father and son are passionate Man United fans driven to distraction by Mum's tenderheartedness, which demands that the moment their team score, she prays for the other side."
• "Interpreting the passage as a formula for action, King equates serpents with toughmindedness, doves with tenderheartedness."
• "Here again is the rumbustious Silverstein sensibility, with its screwball humor, mixed-up whimsy, tenderheartedness and occasional dashes of vulgarity."