gently

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In a manner characterized by gentleness
Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.
Quietly: without much noise or motion.
From a gentle or high-class family.
In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.

/ˈd͡ʒɛntli/ [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ɾ̃li] [ˈd͡ʒɛnli] en-us-gently.ogg

gently gentlier more gently gentliest most gently gentilly gentlely

From Middle English gentilly, gentlych, gentilliche, equivalent to gentle + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.

roughly

fuck me gently with a chainsaw let someone down gently

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