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Synonyms for gently
gen·t·ly
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#621 | easy | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#3763 | piano | |
#4215 | carefully | |
#5074 | slowly | |
#9515 | gently | |
#10976 | nicely | |
#11723 | lightly | |
#11864 | quietly | |
#13039 | kindly | |
#13985 | smoothly | |
#15886 | softly | |
#24703 | mildly | |
#32769 | thinly | |
#39849 | delicately |
How to use gently in a sentence?
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.
The movie talks about how Fire Island has been this place where gay men have historically gone to feel safe, and Fire Island asks what you do when you feel unsafe there, among your' own kind,' i like that the movie deals with these subjects very gently. It's not really angry. It's not really accusatory. But it's just sort of showing how it is and how we manage to love Fire Island anyway.
Your love is like the trees gently blowing through my mind. You heart is streamed with leaves delicate as the seasons. Your soul is as the memory of all that heaven divulges.
Young visitors to the museum ask me, “What was it like to live during the civil rights struggle?” I gently tell them that we are living during the civil rights struggle. -David Pilgrim
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2:
I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.
Translations for gently
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- suaumentCatalan, Valencian
- mansamente, suaveSpanish
- یواشPersian
- vienosti, lempeästi, hellävaroen, hellävaraisestiFinnish
- धीरेHindi
- finomanHungarian
- կամացArmenian
- dolcemente, sordamente, blandamente, soavemente, gentilmente, delicatamenteItalian
- そっとJapanese
- leniter, leneLatin
- voorzichtig, zachtjes, zachtaardigDutch
- łagodnie, delikatniePolish
- gentilmentePortuguese
- не́жноRussian
- нежно, nježno, nežno, њежноSerbo-Croatian
- మెత్తగాTelugu
- เบาThai
- әкренTatar
- آہستہ سےUrdu
- 平緩Chinese
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