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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gently \Gen"tly\, adverb In a gentle manner.
My mistress gently chides the fault I made. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gently
adverb
1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"
2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal" [syn: {mildly}]
3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "gently": a la sourdine, cautiously, circumspectly, compliantly, crawlingly, creepingly, deliberately, delicately, dilatorily, dimly, easily, faintly, falteringly, feebly, haltingly, hushedly, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, indolently, languidly, languorously, leisurely, like a lamb, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, low, meekly, mildly, moderately, pacifically, peaceably, pianissimo, piano, pokily, pokingly, quietly, relaxedly, reluctantly, slow, slowly, sluggishly, softly, sordamente, sordo, subduedly, submissively, tamely, tarryingly, tenderly, tentatively, under easy sail, unhurriedly, weakly, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation
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