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Word: gentle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Docile and easily managed
  • Gradual rather than steep or sudden
  • Polite and respectful rather than rude
  • Soft and mild rather than hard or severe
  • Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition

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Verb:

  • intransitive to become gentle
  • animal husbandry to break; to tame; to domesticate
  • transitive to ennoble
  • transitive To soothe; to calm.

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