Definition of gently in English:

gently

adverbˈdʒɛntliˈdʒɛntli

1With a mild, kind, or tender manner.
she gently broke the news to her mum
as submodifier a gently humorous account
Example sentencesExamples
- We make our suggestions as gently as we can, and we trust once again that as in the past, you will respond as generously as you can.
- They tune in to the soft voice of an instructor, gently urging them to forge a union between mind and body.
- I am trying to say it as gently as I can, but it is high time that our church began to look much more closely at how deans and bishops are chosen.
- "No," she said, as gently as she could.
- When people mistake the author for a man, she gently corrects them, with a joke if possible.
- She gently tried to break down the barriers by teaching him to speak English.
- Without others who are willing to gently talk and encourage, the grieving person may feel alienated or as if no one understands or even wants to understand.
- No potentate ever nurtured their children more gently than a pachyderm fondles its young.
- The young lieutenant's wife gently lets it be known that honoring her husband's service does not necessarily make one a hawk.
- He gently chides his flock in the West Wing that "the best place to go get operational information about the war is not from the White House."
2With lightness of action or effect; softly.
gently pat your skin dry
palm trees swayed gently in the breeze
Example sentencesExamples
- Pulling a leaf out, he gently brushes the veined side with his fingers.
- Unwrap the salmon and gently wipe off the salt and herb coating.
- He fed the flame, blowing gently into the carved bowl.
- Once seared, the shells remain in the pan to simmer gently with stock, aromatics, brandy, and rice.
- He gripped the thorn again, twisting it gently so that it followed its own path out.
- Gently press down to form a five-inch disc.
- The tongue can be gently brushed and cleaned with a soft toothbrush.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently stir until smooth and well combined.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the bisque until smooth.
- She moves to his side of the bed and shakes him gently by his shoulder.
1. 2.1 With only gradual inclines.
  a gently undulating landscape
  the lawn slopes gently to the river
  Example sentencesExamples
  The library is a heroic double-height space, top-lit by angular openings punched into the gently curved roof.
  Rocky outcrops of basalt lava dot the landscape, which climbs gently from 1,200 feet to peaks nearly 5,000 feet high.
  The site is on a gently sloping hill above Interstate 60.
  Entry to the basement-level parking garage is via a gently sloping ramp on the north side.
  The floors' areas are somewhat smaller near the top, giving the structure a gently tapering appearance on the skyline.
  A canopy of metal floats like a huge handkerchief above a voluminous carapace whose thin edges bend gently over the rolling lawns.
  A bridge spans the moat from the gently sloping walk to the house entrance.
  Clad in horizontal slats of red pine, the walls bow gently outward, like cupped hands or a ship's hull.
  Gazing out over his corn crop, a farmer is watching an irrigation system deliver bursts of water across the gently rolling field.
  The roof is an off-white translucent membrane spanning gently curving rafters.

Phrases

gently born

archaic (of a person) having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous.
my family may be silly, but we are still gently born and bred
Example sentencesExamples
- He went on to tell us how gently born ladies took to eating porridge off earthenware, and how they dug in their gardens, and how the sap of life sang in their veins.
- I shall marry a man so basely, yet gently born, that my lord regents may not object.
- Politics and generalship were becoming professions and skills, no longer merely one of the varied activities of the gently born.
- The character described is gently born and enjoys all the grandeurs expected of someone in her social class.
- The early 19th century is a particularly potent facet of period courtship, when the war led to a shortage of eligible young gentlemen for gently born ladies.

Definition of gently in US English:

gently

adverbˈjentlēˈdʒɛntli

1With a mild, kind, or tender manner.
she gently broke the news to her mom
as submodifier a gently humorous account
Example sentencesExamples
- I am trying to say it as gently as I can, but it is high time that our church began to look much more closely at how deans and bishops are chosen.
- She gently tried to break down the barriers by teaching him to speak English.
- He gently chides his flock in the West Wing that "the best place to go get operational information about the war is not from the White House."
- They tune in to the soft voice of an instructor, gently urging them to forge a union between mind and body.
- "No," she said, as gently as she could.
- When people mistake the author for a man, she gently corrects them, with a joke if possible.
- Without others who are willing to gently talk and encourage, the grieving person may feel alienated or as if no one understands or even wants to understand.
- No potentate ever nurtured their children more gently than a pachyderm fondles its young.
- We make our suggestions as gently as we can, and we trust once again that as in the past, you will respond as generously as you can.
- The young lieutenant's wife gently lets it be known that honoring her husband's service does not necessarily make one a hawk.
2With lightness of action or effect; softly.
gently pat your skin dry
palm trees swayed gently in the breeze
Example sentencesExamples
- Using a rubber spatula, gently stir until smooth and well combined.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the bisque until smooth.
- Once seared, the shells remain in the pan to simmer gently with stock, aromatics, brandy, and rice.
- He gripped the thorn again, twisting it gently so that it followed its own path out.
- He fed the flame, blowing gently into the carved bowl.
- Unwrap the salmon and gently wipe off the salt and herb coating.
- Pulling a leaf out, he gently brushes the veined side with his fingers.
- She moves to his side of the bed and shakes him gently by his shoulder.
- The tongue can be gently brushed and cleaned with a soft toothbrush.
- Gently press down to form a five-inch disc.
1. 2.1 With only gradual inclines.
  a gently undulating landscape
  the lawn slopes gently to the river
  Example sentencesExamples
  The library is a heroic double-height space, top-lit by angular openings punched into the gently curved roof.
  A bridge spans the moat from the gently sloping walk to the house entrance.
  Rocky outcrops of basalt lava dot the landscape, which climbs gently from 1,200 feet to peaks nearly 5,000 feet high.
  Gazing out over his corn crop, a farmer is watching an irrigation system deliver bursts of water across the gently rolling field.
  The floors' areas are somewhat smaller near the top, giving the structure a gently tapering appearance on the skyline.
  The roof is an off-white translucent membrane spanning gently curving rafters.
  Clad in horizontal slats of red pine, the walls bow gently outward, like cupped hands or a ship's hull.
  A canopy of metal floats like a huge handkerchief above a voluminous carapace whose thin edges bend gently over the rolling lawns.
  The site is on a gently sloping hill above Interstate 60.
  Entry to the basement-level parking garage is via a gently sloping ramp on the north side.

Phrases

gently born

archaic (of a person) having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous.
my family may be silly, but we are still gently born and bred
Example sentencesExamples
- Politics and generalship were becoming professions and skills, no longer merely one of the varied activities of the gently born.
- He went on to tell us how gently born ladies took to eating porridge off earthenware, and how they dug in their gardens, and how the sap of life sang in their veins.
- The character described is gently born and enjoys all the grandeurs expected of someone in her social class.
- The early 19th century is a particularly potent facet of period courtship, when the war led to a shortage of eligible young gentlemen for gently born ladies.
- I shall marry a man so basely, yet gently born, that my lord regents may not object.

单词	gently
释义	Definition of gently in English: gently adverbˈdʒɛntliˈdʒɛntli 1With a mild, kind, or tender manner. she gently broke the news to her mum as submodifier a gently humorous account Example sentencesExamples We make our suggestions as gently as we can, and we trust once again that as in the past, you will respond as generously as you can. They tune in to the soft voice of an instructor, gently urging them to forge a union between mind and body. I am trying to say it as gently as I can, but it is high time that our church began to look much more closely at how deans and bishops are chosen. "No," she said, as gently as she could. When people mistake the author for a man, she gently corrects them, with a joke if possible. She gently tried to break down the barriers by teaching him to speak English. Without others who are willing to gently talk and encourage, the grieving person may feel alienated or as if no one understands or even wants to understand. No potentate ever nurtured their children more gently than a pachyderm fondles its young. The young lieutenant's wife gently lets it be known that honoring her husband's service does not necessarily make one a hawk. He gently chides his flock in the West Wing that "the best place to go get operational information about the war is not from the White House." 2With lightness of action or effect; softly. gently pat your skin dry palm trees swayed gently in the breeze Example sentencesExamples Pulling a leaf out, he gently brushes the veined side with his fingers. Unwrap the salmon and gently wipe off the salt and herb coating. He fed the flame, blowing gently into the carved bowl. Once seared, the shells remain in the pan to simmer gently with stock, aromatics, brandy, and rice. He gripped the thorn again, twisting it gently so that it followed its own path out. Gently press down to form a five-inch disc. The tongue can be gently brushed and cleaned with a soft toothbrush. Using a rubber spatula, gently stir until smooth and well combined. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the bisque until smooth. She moves to his side of the bed and shakes him gently by his shoulder. 2.1 With only gradual inclines. a gently undulating landscape the lawn slopes gently to the river Example sentencesExamples The library is a heroic double-height space, top-lit by angular openings punched into the gently curved roof. Rocky outcrops of basalt lava dot the landscape, which climbs gently from 1,200 feet to peaks nearly 5,000 feet high. The site is on a gently sloping hill above Interstate 60. Entry to the basement-level parking garage is via a gently sloping ramp on the north side. The floors' areas are somewhat smaller near the top, giving the structure a gently tapering appearance on the skyline. A canopy of metal floats like a huge handkerchief above a voluminous carapace whose thin edges bend gently over the rolling lawns. A bridge spans the moat from the gently sloping walk to the house entrance. Clad in horizontal slats of red pine, the walls bow gently outward, like cupped hands or a ship's hull. Gazing out over his corn crop, a farmer is watching an irrigation system deliver bursts of water across the gently rolling field. The roof is an off-white translucent membrane spanning gently curving rafters. Phrases gently born archaic (of a person) having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous. my family may be silly, but we are still gently born and bred Example sentencesExamples He went on to tell us how gently born ladies took to eating porridge off earthenware, and how they dug in their gardens, and how the sap of life sang in their veins. I shall marry a man so basely, yet gently born, that my lord regents may not object. Politics and generalship were becoming professions and skills, no longer merely one of the varied activities of the gently born. The character described is gently born and enjoys all the grandeurs expected of someone in her social class. The early 19th century is a particularly potent facet of period courtship, when the war led to a shortage of eligible young gentlemen for gently born ladies. adv..1 phr. Definition of gently in US English: gently adverbˈjentlēˈdʒɛntli 1With a mild, kind, or tender manner. she gently broke the news to her mom as submodifier a gently humorous account Example sentencesExamples I am trying to say it as gently as I can, but it is high time that our church began to look much more closely at how deans and bishops are chosen. She gently tried to break down the barriers by teaching him to speak English. He gently chides his flock in the West Wing that "the best place to go get operational information about the war is not from the White House." They tune in to the soft voice of an instructor, gently urging them to forge a union between mind and body. "No," she said, as gently as she could. When people mistake the author for a man, she gently corrects them, with a joke if possible. Without others who are willing to gently talk and encourage, the grieving person may feel alienated or as if no one understands or even wants to understand. No potentate ever nurtured their children more gently than a pachyderm fondles its young. We make our suggestions as gently as we can, and we trust once again that as in the past, you will respond as generously as you can. The young lieutenant's wife gently lets it be known that honoring her husband's service does not necessarily make one a hawk. 2With lightness of action or effect; softly. gently pat your skin dry palm trees swayed gently in the breeze Example sentencesExamples Using a rubber spatula, gently stir until smooth and well combined. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the bisque until smooth. Once seared, the shells remain in the pan to simmer gently with stock, aromatics, brandy, and rice. He gripped the thorn again, twisting it gently so that it followed its own path out. He fed the flame, blowing gently into the carved bowl. Unwrap the salmon and gently wipe off the salt and herb coating. Pulling a leaf out, he gently brushes the veined side with his fingers. She moves to his side of the bed and shakes him gently by his shoulder. The tongue can be gently brushed and cleaned with a soft toothbrush. Gently press down to form a five-inch disc. 2.1 With only gradual inclines. a gently undulating landscape the lawn slopes gently to the river Example sentencesExamples The library is a heroic double-height space, top-lit by angular openings punched into the gently curved roof. A bridge spans the moat from the gently sloping walk to the house entrance. Rocky outcrops of basalt lava dot the landscape, which climbs gently from 1,200 feet to peaks nearly 5,000 feet high. Gazing out over his corn crop, a farmer is watching an irrigation system deliver bursts of water across the gently rolling field. The floors' areas are somewhat smaller near the top, giving the structure a gently tapering appearance on the skyline. The roof is an off-white translucent membrane spanning gently curving rafters. Clad in horizontal slats of red pine, the walls bow gently outward, like cupped hands or a ship's hull. A canopy of metal floats like a huge handkerchief above a voluminous carapace whose thin edges bend gently over the rolling lawns. The site is on a gently sloping hill above Interstate 60. Entry to the basement-level parking garage is via a gently sloping ramp on the north side. Phrases gently born archaic (of a person) having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous. my family may be silly, but we are still gently born and bred Example sentencesExamples Politics and generalship were becoming professions and skills, no longer merely one of the varied activities of the gently born. He went on to tell us how gently born ladies took to eating porridge off earthenware, and how they dug in their gardens, and how the sap of life sang in their veins. The character described is gently born and enjoys all the grandeurs expected of someone in her social class. The early 19th century is a particularly potent facet of period courtship, when the war led to a shortage of eligible young gentlemen for gently born ladies. I shall marry a man so basely, yet gently born, that my lord regents may not object. adv..1 phr.
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