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Definition of Gentle
Gentle

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop .

One well born; a gentleman.

A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.

To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.

To make kind and docile, as a horse.

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Gentle Quotations

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Benjamin Franklin

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
Henry David Thoreau

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

Gentle Translations

gentle in Afrikaans is lieflik, soet
gentle in Dutch is liefelijk, zoet, zacht
gentle in French is doux
gentle in Italian is dolce, placido
gentle in Latin is mollis, mansuetus, summissus (from summitto)
gentle in Portuguese is suave, delicado
gentle in Spanish is dulce, placido, suave
gentle in Swedish is sakta, mild, vek, fredlig, stilla


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