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Synonyms for gently
gen·t·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #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?
I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly: There is a tendency for the world to say to America, "the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out," and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.
It was a little bizarre, at first, playing a mother of that age, you always hope, as an actress, that you can go into [ playing someone that age ] gently, first as a mother to a baby, then to a toddler. Only for Lifetime Lesbian Vampire Movie and for James Franco ' would I play a mother of this age.
So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!
I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly There is a tendency for the world to say to America, the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out, and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.
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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