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US
/ˈdʒɛnəɫnəs, ˈdʒɛntəɫnəs/
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[ UK /dʒˈɛntəlnəs/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɛntəlnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
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acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
his fingers have learned gentleness
suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby
even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
How To Use gentleness In A Sentence
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- Other, roumyng the cities vp and downe and caryeng alway in bottles faire watre and fresshe, if any man be disposed to drinke, vnasked they willingly proffre it him, and refuse not to take, if he for their gentlenesse offre aught vnto them agayn. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
- There had been a gentleness in Lonnie that was lacking in his twin brother. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
- Finally, we know that Father Doria very likely will not be saved, because he is sadistic, "avaricious" 88, and completely insensible to Guilo's youth, innocence, gentleness, and beauty. The Boy Martyr; Or, Manfresti's Page. A Story of 1567
- Doing it all with a gentleness and humanity that does not deserve criticism.
- Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
- There was a benignancy, a sweetness of demeanor, which attracted them to him, and while his name may not be sounded in the trump of fame, yet the subtile power of his gentleness and goodness has permeated many lives, will shape many destinies, and will have a force in the history of the world greater than that which will be exerted by many who will succeed him here. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session
- I do make my complainte, and whether you geue me cause to aduaunce my cries vp into the heauens, your selfe shall be the iudge: for, if like a iudge in deede you doe geue ouer your disordinate affection, I then appeale to the iudgement of your inuincible minde, of late accomplished with all curtesie and gentlenesse. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
- It is almost as if the rarefied air of the Capricorn goatfish actually “needs” the soft gentleness of the Libran. Zolar’s Magick Of Color
- But wish what condescension and gentleness is this done! Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
