See gentle on Wiktionary
{ "forms": [ { "form": "gentle", "tags": [ "positive" ] }, { "form": "gentler", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "gentlest", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "gentle", "2": "gentler", "3": "gentlest" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "adj" } ], "hyphenation": "gen‧tle", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "He used to fight all the time, but I have become much kinder and gentler." }, { "text": "That bear is a monster, not at all a gentle giant." } ], "glosses": [ "A gentle person is kind and careful not to cause damage, pain, or surprise." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-USk6mta9" }, { "examples": [ { "text": "There is a gentle breeze and one red leaf falls." }, { "text": "She touched my hand with a soft gentle touch." } ], "glosses": [ "If a movement or moving thing is gentle, it moves slowly and softly." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-a7u~sNlp" }, { "examples": [ { "text": "The slope was gentle enough that even my grandmother climbed it easily." } ], "glosses": [ "A gentle slope or curve changes slowly from flat or straight." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-LxoW0DTA" }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle voice is quiet and often friendly." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-mhEMdl~u" }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle smile is small and friendly." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-dS9VIcGb" }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle heat is not very hot." ], "id": "simple-gentle-en-adj-vJax1Oax" } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈdʒɛntl̩/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "enpr": "jĕn′tl", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-gentle.ogg", "raw_tags": [ "Audio" ], "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "gentle" }
{ "forms": [ { "form": "gentle", "tags": [ "positive" ] }, { "form": "gentler", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "gentlest", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "gentle", "2": "gentler", "3": "gentlest" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "adj" } ], "hyphenation": "gen‧tle", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "He used to fight all the time, but I have become much kinder and gentler." }, { "text": "That bear is a monster, not at all a gentle giant." } ], "glosses": [ "A gentle person is kind and careful not to cause damage, pain, or surprise." ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "There is a gentle breeze and one red leaf falls." }, { "text": "She touched my hand with a soft gentle touch." } ], "glosses": [ "If a movement or moving thing is gentle, it moves slowly and softly." ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "The slope was gentle enough that even my grandmother climbed it easily." } ], "glosses": [ "A gentle slope or curve changes slowly from flat or straight." ] }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle voice is quiet and often friendly." ] }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle smile is small and friendly." ] }, { "glosses": [ "A gentle heat is not very hot." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈdʒɛntl̩/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "enpr": "jĕn′tl", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-gentle.ogg", "raw_tags": [ "Audio" ], "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "gentle" }
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