gently

«gently» in Mova's school 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

• 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

• 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.
• "Put to sleep" means an animal was killed gently by a vet.

Trees and pragmatics

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