gently

«gently» in Mova's judaism dictionary: In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently." — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (gently, more gently, most gently)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently." tree →

2) Slowly and not suddenly: "The road rises gently." tree →

3) In a kind, calm way: "She spoke gently." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: handle animals, babies and fragile things gently; stroke a pet gently; press a cut gently with a clean cloth. In science, a gentle slope rises slowly. Phrases: gently does it, gently but firmly.

examples

• Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee? (Writings JOB.15.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.' (Writings SNG.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck. (Prophets ISA.40.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Stroke the cat gently. tree →
• Hold the baby gently. tree →
• Close the door gently. tree →
• The leaves fell gently to the ground. tree →
• She spoke gently to the scared child. tree →
• Press gently on the cut with a clean cloth. tree →
• The hill slopes gently down to the river. tree →
• Gently put the eggs in the basket. tree →
• "I will try," said Mignon gently. tree →

note

Adjective: "gentle"; adverb: "gently" (drop the e, add -ly → "gently", not "gentlely"). Opposite: roughly.

In the corpora

• Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
• Drink, they'll be saying." Mum gently: "His family haven't said why, Mam.
• A small pond without fish, with gently sloping edges, gives them their best chance.
• Gently he asks why he told such a fib, since his stamping would not bend a blade of grass.
• Praise for every answer, right or wrong, teaches nothing; good feedback says what was right and gently fixes what was wrong.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.