gently

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gently
    adv 1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"
    2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
       [syn: {gently}, {mildly}]
    3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
       forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}, {gently}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gently \Gen"tly\, adv.
   In a gentle manner.
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         My mistress gently chides the fault I made. --Dryden.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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