"gently" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈdʒɛntli/ Audio: en-us-gently.ogg [US]
Etymology: gentle + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|gentle|ly}} gentle + -ly
  1. If you do something gently, you do it in a gentle way.
    Sense id: simple-gently-en-adv-S-78LY7M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ly
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