"overgentle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more overgentle [comparative], most overgentle [superlative]
Etymology: over- + gentle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|gentle}} over- + gentle Head templates: {{en-adj}} overgentle (comparative more overgentle, superlative most overgentle)
  1. Excessively gentle. Translations (Translations): liian hellä (Finnish), liian kiltti (Finnish), liian hellävarainen (Finnish), übersanft (German), zbyt delikatny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overgentle-en-adj-1ovHqQZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

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