gentle meaning
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[ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩] 
US WGentle
- Gentle may refer to: Gentleness Gentleman, gentlewoman (in which gentle is traditionally the counterpoint of 'simple') Gentle (comics) GENtle (software) Peter Gentle, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- NounPLgentles
- VerbSGgentlesPRgentlingPT, PPgentled
- AdjectiveCOMgentlerSUPgentlest
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt you.
- Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
- Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
- Docile and easily managed.
- We had a gentle swim in the lake.
- a gentle horse
- Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
- The walks in this area have a gentle incline.
- Polite and respectful rather than rude.
- He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.
- (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Thatched cottages, manors, old mills, venerable churches and wooded lanes personify a John Bull fancy, neatly tucked into gentle hill folds.
- When she appeared again, she made some side-handed inquiries regarding Otto (with that gentle artifice oft employed by women); but he was gone.
- He who refuses to live as a disciple of his Redeemer should learn to show his neighbor that he is meek and humble. "Learn of me, for I am gentle and humblehearted."
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of gentle for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "gentle" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
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- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
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