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View definitions for gently

gently

adverb as in quietly and softly

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adverb as in kindly

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Do not cry for Kelly, he can sleep gently on a thick mattress of $100 bills.

On the marina, where boats with names such as "Grumpy of Hull" and "My Mate" bob gently up and down, the general feeling is one of surprise mixed with a healthy dose of civic pride.

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Johnson gently pushed back, replying, “Don’t be that way!” to more laughs.

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So gently evaporating the water off the juice and freezing the concentrate, allowed for transportability of a much better tasting product when water was later re-added.

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"It's very rewarding to clean photos and, especially when they're badly damaged, see a face emerge," said student Andrea Baldwin, gently wiping a photo with cotton.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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