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Definition of Gentle
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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. Related Definitions:
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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 |
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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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