strict vs gentle
Definitions
adjective
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Examples
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
This, coupled with a lack of accounting controls, led the district into bankruptcy.
My stepfather was strict and didn't let us have friends in the house; he physically abused me but not sexually.
Definitions
adjective
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- easily handled or managed
- quiet and soothing
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- having little impact
verb
- stroke soothingly
- give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Examples
But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after Ive spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that Ill be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all!
Put all the fruit in a saucepan on a gentle heat and add a couple of tablespoons of caster sugar and a slug of something pleasantly alcoholic such as brandy, whisky or even sherry.
