1 in a gentle way:
She held the baby gently. * 'You miss them, don't you?' he asked gently. * Simmer the soup gently for 30 minutes. * Massage the area gently but firmly. * leaves moving gently in the breeze * The path ran gently down to the sea.
2 (Gently!) (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb to be careful:
Gently! You'll hurt the poor thing! * Don't go too fast-gently does it!
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is gently a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gently is tagged as adverb.
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