Definitions for Gently
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1. gentlyadverb

   in a gradual manner

   "a gently sloping terrain"

2. gently, mildlyadverb

   in a gentle manner

   "he talked gently to the injured animal"

3. lightly, softly, gentlyadverb

   with little weight or force

   "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"

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1. gentlyadverb

   in a gentle manner

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gentlyadverb

   Etymology: from gentle.

   1. Softly; meekly; tenderly; inoffensively; kindly.

   My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

   The mischiefs that come by inadvertency, or ignorance, are but very gently to be taken notice of. John Locke.

   2. Softly; without violence.

   Fortune’s blows,
   When most struck home, being gently warded, craves
   A noble cunning. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   In the same island a sort of great bat, as men lie asleep with their legs naked, will suck their blood at a wound so gently made as not to awake them. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

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1. gently

   In a manner that is soft, mild, tender, or moderate in intensity. It often refers to an action done with care or without harshness, violence, or forcefulness.

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1. Gentlyadverb

   in a gentle manner

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1. Gently

   Gently is the title of the ninth studio album by artist Liza Minnelli. It was released im May 1996. The album was nominated for one Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 1997.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gently' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2485

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gently' in Adverbs Frequency: #205

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce Gently?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Gently in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gently in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gently in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Gently in a Sentence

1. Kristen Donathan:

   Go to Walmart and get you a foaming hand soap bottle, you’re going to fill it a fourth of the way full of Dawn dish soap, add water, top it off with alcohol. Gently mix it.

2. Homer:

   The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.

3. Bryant McGill:

   Want ever so gently. Invite your desires to you like you call a cat. Any aggressive move toward your goals will chase them away.

4. Unknown:

   A friend is someone who knows you as you are, understands where you've been, accepts what you've become and still gently invites you to grow.

5. RJ Intindola:

   When I hear a certain song playing in the background, I think of you and a vision of your face, pervades my soul. When the second song plays, your sweet fragrance fills the air around me. The third song and her gentle hand caressing my face tingles my body covered with goosebumps. At the fourth song, I gently glide to the radio and turn it off. There’s no sense roaming in the darkened marred past.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Gently
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gently
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Gently
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gently
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Gently
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Gently