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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gently \Gen"tly\, adv
In a gentle manner.
My mistress gently chides the fault I made --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gently
adv 1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"
2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
[syn: {mildly}]
3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}]
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