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Gently   /dʒˈɛntli/   Listen
Gently

adverb
1.
In a gradual manner.
2.
In a gentle manner.  Synonym: mildly.
3.
With little weight or force.  Synonyms: lightly, softly.






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"Gently" Quotes from Famous Books



... Terrain: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pic Baumann ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... understand you, but I do. You have taught me (what the others do not know) everything that is good and great and noble. You have made me what I am; just as your artistic hands have cut beautiful forms out of dead wood." She took his big, brown hands and gently pressed them to her lips. "I believe in you, for you worship the Supreme with your art; and the man who does that, in word or ...
— After Long Years and Other Stories • Translated from the German by Sophie A. Miller and Agnes M. Dunne

... in one-third; the body gently passes into the fourth, and as the fifth is being accomplished, the arm is thrust forward as if to repel the new ...
— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various

... of a sentence may begin with a small letter, and is immediately followed by the exclamation point; as, "Oh! how terrible was his fate!" "The sad intelligence was gently given, but oh! the ...
— Slips of Speech • John H. Bechtel

... should I be?" Juliet spoke very gently, very pitifully. "I have a feeling that Robin and I are going to ...
— The Obstacle Race • Ethel M. Dell


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