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UK
/mˈaɪldnəs/
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NOUN
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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 - good weather with comfortable temperatures
- mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
How To Use mildness In A Sentence
- This ideal formulation has several beneficial qualities, including low irritation, mildness, safety, skin moisturization, and easy and fast application.
- His mildness and patience were particularly distinguishing characteristics.
- "I think she's finally getting mad about the whole thing," Joanna said with maddening mildness to Grace.
- So decidedly are amiability and mildness their characteristics, that I confess I look upon that youth who distinguished himself by the slaughter of these inoffensive persons, as a false-hearted brigand, who, pretending to philanthropic motives, was secretly influenced only by the wealth stored up within their castles, and the hope of plunder. American Notes for General Circulation
- Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the camelopard, while others represent it as incapable of being tamed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827
- Therefore the mildness of traditional Chinese medicines could make them ideal for such treatments.
- The safe approach is too stick to mildness for successful matches.
- How could I become cruel or vicious, when I had before my eyes only examples of mildness, and was surrounded by some of the best people in the world?
- What's remarkable is not the severity of the remedy but its mildness.
- The two nod, still with that same mildness.