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# gently

«gently» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (gently, more gently, most gently)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#m1)

2) Slowly and not suddenly: "The road rises gently." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#m2)

3) In a kind, calm way: "She spoke gently." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: handle animals, babies and fragile things gently; stroke a pet gently; press a cut gently with a clean cloth. In science, a gentle slope rises slowly. Phrases: gently does it, gently but firmly.

### examples

- Stroke the cat gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x1)
- Hold the baby gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x2)
- Close the door gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x3)
- The leaves fell gently to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x4)
- She spoke gently to the scared child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x5)
- Press gently on the cut with a clean cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x6)
- The hill slopes gently down to the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x7)
- Gently put the eggs in the basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x8)
- "I will try," said Mignon gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/#x9)

### note

Adjective: "gentle"; adverb: "gently" (drop the e, add -ly → "gently", not "gentlely"). Opposite: roughly.

### In the corpora

- [Drink, they'll be saying." Mum gently: "His family haven't said why, Mam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/5/)
- [A small pond without fish, with gently sloping edges, gives them their best chance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad/5/)
- [Gently he asks why he told such a fib, since his stamping would not bend a blade of grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast/11/)
- [Praise for every answer, right or wrong, teaches nothing; good feedback says what was right and gently fixes what was wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/27/)
- ["Put to sleep" means an animal was killed gently by a vet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.