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Gently

Definition: Gently

Gently

Adverb

1. In a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain".

2. In a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal".

3. With little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

 

Synonyms: Gently

Synonyms: lightly (adv), mildly (adv), softly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Gently

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inactivity

Phrase: the eyes begin to draw straws; "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease"; " better years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay"; "idly busy rolls their world away "; "the mystery of folded sleep"; "the timely dew of sleep"; "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep"; "tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep".

Moderation

Go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Gently

English words defined with "gently": amazing, Anaclastic glass, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awingbeachlike, beachy, bob, boiled egg, breezecoddled egg, cradle, creaseDap, Decantation, dropped eggeasefavor, favourGlacis, grading, grazehard-boiled egg, hooded ladies' tressesIrriguouskisslazy, leveling, Levulosan, lima beanmildlynod, nudgepatter, pet, petrissage, petter, pitter-patter, poached egg, poke at, prod, put away, put to sleeprake, rooting reflexsaddle, saddleback, shad roe, sloping, spatter, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, spit, sprinkle, swayTo come up the tackle fall, To drop off, To nurse billiard balls, To talk towaft. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gently": agriculture on terracesBALANCE ASSEMBLER, base-level plain, baseleveled plain, Blue eyed Maid, bubble pipecatch pit, Controversy, cropping on terraces, cushion cutdenudation plain, dip slope, Dolly Murrey, DRIBBLE, drop boxfila de bolhas no arameGINGERLYHumidificationinching starterJohnson concentratorLowden driermoving grizzlyNicean Barkspeneplain, peneplane, periclinal structurequaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structureRascaderaspragger, strath terrace, stripped plain, sublevel driveterrace cultivation, terraced culture. (references)
Etymologies containing "gently": Sooterkin. (references)

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Modern Usage: Gently

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out ever so gently. Funny, how gentle people get with you once you're dead (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

Suddenly their came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door (The Crow; writing credit: David J. Schow, John Shirley)

In his case, that's putting it too gently. He's more like a predator (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire)

Sometimes, I just want to put this gun right against her head, and ever so gently, pull the trigger (Death on the Nile; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Anthony Shaffer)

From now on I'm going to employ relaxation techniques to turn off stress river and mosey gently down contentment creek (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

Lyrics

And I'll gently kiss your lips (I'm Already There; performing artist: Lonestar)

Hair that twirls on finger tips so gently, baby (What It Feels Like For A Girl; performing artist: Madonna; writing credit: Madonna and Guy Sigsworth)

Like a breeze she'll gently sigh (For My Lady; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

Gently to the sea ((I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You; performing artist: UB40)

Touched your head gently, felt my heart melt (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith)

Clever

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Kill Her Gently (1957)

Gently Down the Stream (1981)

Killing Me Gently (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Gently

DomainTitle

Books

  • Gently Lead: How to Teach Your Children About God While Finding Out for Yourself (reference)

  • Gently Whispered: Oral Teachings by the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche (reference)

  • The Music of George Harrison: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (reference)

  • The Tale of Wagmore Gently (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Gently

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Foam from breaking surf washes gently against the shore. Credit: Fisheries.

Monsieur Joly dropped it gently into the Seine. Credit: Library of Congress.

As of someone gently rapping -- !. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Gently
 

"Sunshiney day" by Craig Stump
Commentary: "At a friend's party in the park recently, and they brought these fake flowers. They hung them in the tree and they blew gently in the breeeze - VERY relaxing lying underneath them in the sun."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Gently".

PlayCaption
Bowling ball hitting the pins, some fall over gently.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Gently

AuthorQuotation

Henry Ward Beecher

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

Jean Paul Richter

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them gently, and they will show themselves great.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Gently

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

The Professor gently clapped his hands

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

He turned it gently, and sidled his face in, round the door

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Mr. Dimmesdale gently repelled their entreaties

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In the meadows, branches of trees broken by grape, but not fallen, and held by the bark, swung gently in the night wind

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He moved a thin shrunken brown hand gently in the air in time to his praise and his thin quick eyelids beat often over his sad eyes

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Joad was silent, looking into the distance ahead, along the road, along the white road that waved gently, like a ground swell

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

They gently did away with the street, and the village, and the state in which he lived

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Ariel: I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gently

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When cleaning your nose blow gently into a soft tissue. (references)

Clean your rectal area gently but thoroughly after each bowel movement. (references)

If you don't have time, gently pat yourself dry with a lint-free cloth. (references)

Business

The American Wild West fascinates British travelers, and this type of gently rugged holiday appeals to families and the “soft adventure” group alike. (references)

Economic History

Cuba (09/01)

Terrain: Flat or gently rolling plains, hills; mountains up to 2,000 meters (6,000 ft.) in the southeast. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

CONTROVERSY, n. A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet. In controversy with the facile tongue -- That bloodless warfare of the old and young -- So seek your adversary to engage That on himself he shall exhaust his rage, And, like a snake that's fastened to the ground, With his own fangs inflict the fatal wound. You ask me how this miracle is done? Adopt his own opinions, one by one, And taunt him to refute them; in his wrath He'll sweep them pitilessly from his path. Advance then gently all you wish to prove, Each proposition prefaced with, "As you've So well remarked," or, "As you wisely say, And I cannot dispute," or, "By the way, This view of it which, better far expressed, Runs through your argument." Then leave the rest To him, secure that he'll perform his trust And prove your views intelligent and just. Conmore Apel Brune

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Gently

"Gently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.63% of the time. "Gently" is used about 4,041 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.63%4,0262,447
Noun (proper)0.37%1590,616
                    Total100.00%4,041N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Gently

Expressions using "gently": blow gently break smth. gently to smb. gently born gently does it! gently please! slope gently swing gently treat gently. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "gently": gently-bred, gently-curving, gently-inclined, gently-lapping, gently-moving, gently-not, gently-rising, gently-sloping, gently-spoken, gently-toned.

Ending with "gently": chuckled-gently, oh-so-very-gently.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gently

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

while my guitar gently weeps

29

gently lyrics rock

4

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19

gently gold caress

4

gently guitar lyrics weeps while

14

gently go not

4

equipment gently restaurant used

13

break gently it lyrics them

3

gently guitar tab weeps while

11

flow gently sweet afton

3

gently go good into night not that

11

ap9gar caress emjoi gently gold hair remover woman

3

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11

gently guitar weeps

3

emjoi gently gold caress

10

gently guitar guitar tab weeps while

3

rock me gently

9

gently home lead

2

break it to me gently

8

gently go into night not

2

break gently it them

7

beatles gently guitar weeps while

2

gently worn

5

father gently home lead

2

contour cushioning gently layer overall shape

5

gently gone

2

book gently used

5

beatles gently guitar lyrics weeps while

2

dirk gently

4

dylan gently go not thomas

2

break gently it lyrics

4

gently guitar mp3 weeps while

2

emjoi gently gold

4

9gar ap caress emjoi gently gold hair rechargeable remover

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Gently

Language Translations for "gently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

me të butë, me mirësi (kindly, obligingly), me butësi (genially), butësisht (indulgently). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏رويدا, ‏بلطف (fair, genially, obligingly, pleasantly, softly, sweet, sweetly), ‏بعطف (kindly, with open arms), ‏برقة (airily, nicely, piano, politely). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

спокойно (calmly, easy, evenly, leisurely, quiet, quietly, smooth), кротко, внимателно (carefully, cautiously, close, closely, guardedly, narrowly, nicely, steady, warily), нежно (dearly, fondly, tenderly), леко (cheap, easy, light, lightly, soft), полека (gradually, lightly, quietly, slowly, softly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

柔和地, 悄悄地 (softly, stealthily), 徐徐 (slowly). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zlehka, tiše (hush, mum, noiselessly, quietly, secretly, silently), mírnì (mildly, quietly), lehce (easily, lightly, with ease), laskavì (affectionately, graciously, kindly), jemnì (daintily, delicately, finely, sotto voce), šetrnì (frugally, near, sparingly). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ved korrekt ankring boer ankeret stikkes saa langsomt ud som muligt,indtil det naar havbunden,fremfor at blive sluppet,da ankeret derved kan beskadiges,eller der kan opstaa toern i ankerkaderne,og/eller skinkelen kan blive beskadiget (and/or damaged pendant wire, fouled mooring lines, proper setting af anchors sould be done by deploying the anchor as gently as possible to the ocean bottom rather than by spudding, since spudding will usually cause anchor damage), let skrånende gulv (gently sloping floor), let hældende gulv (gently sloping floor). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zachtjes (carefully, leasurely, lightly, slowly), voorzichtig (careful, carefully, cautious, lightly, thoughtful). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

singarde (carefully, lightly). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

بتدریج (Piecemeal), باملایمت , بارامی . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hellävaroin (with case). (various references)

   

French

  

gentiment, sans forcer, piano, lent, doucement, avec douceur. (various references)

   

German

  

sanft (bland, blandly, calm, caressing, delicate, gentle, kindly, meek, meekly, mellow, mild, mildly, peaceful, placidly, quiet, silken, smooth, smoothly, soft, softly, suave, undulating), weltmännisch (gentlemanly, sophisticated, urbane, urbanely). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαλακά (blandly). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לאט לאט (bit by bit, little by little, very slowly), בעדינות (finely), בניחותא, בנחת (quietly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szelíden (blandly, meekly, mildly, placidly). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

unyai (softly), berunyai-unyai (little by little, softly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

placido (calm, gentle, placid, slowly, soft), piano (arrangement, deck, design, even, flat, floor, in a low voice, level, level land, map, piano, plain, plan, plane, plot, project, schedule, scheme, shallow, slow, smooth, storey, story, tabulate, tier), lungo (adagio, along, alongside, by the side of, during, far, length, lengthy, long, over, slow, slowly, tall, thin, watery, weak), dolcemente (smoothly, softly, sweetly), delicatamente, ammodo (nicely). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

徐ろに (slowly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すっと (all of a sudden, directly, quickly, quietly, softly, straight), おもむろに (slowly), しっとりと (softly), しとしと . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

온후하게 (Clemently). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy miallagh, dy mial. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

entlygay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vagarosamente (cose, leisurely, slow), suavemente (easy, low, sweetly), mansamente, delicadamente (gingerly). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

uşurel (fair and softly, gingerly, lightish, slowly, steady, steady on), tandru (affectionate, amorous, dearly, fond, fondly, gentle, loving, soft, soft-hearted, tender, tenderly), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), frumuşel (comely, dinky, good looking, pretty, simply, slowly, tidy), dulce (amorously, benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, smooth, soft, suave, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning), domol (don't hurry, gradually, leisurely, mild, not so fast, quiet, slow, slowly, softly), delicat (captious, dainty, delicate, delicately, fine, fine-spun, finicky, fragile, frail, fussy, gentle, gentlemanlike, mellow, nice, queasy, refined, slender, slim, slippery, soft, subdued, tactful, tender, thin, ticklish, tricky, weak), cu blândeţe (meekly, mildly), copãcel (arbuscle, Bush, shrub, steady on), blând (benign, bland, Clement, docile, dovelike, easy-tempered, fair, genial, gentle, good hearted, good natured, harmless, lenient, meek, mild, mildly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, placable, silken, soft, steady, sweet, tame, tender, tractable), binişor (don't flurry yourself, not so fast, slowly, soft, softly, stealthily), încetinel, încetişor (slowly, softly), înţelegãtor (accommodating, gentle, rational, sympathetic). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

мягко (blandly, in kid gloves, softly, with kid gloves). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

slìob (lick, rub gently with the hand, sleek, stroke). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nežno (dearly, fondly, lovingly, mildly, softly, tender), lagano (leisurely, slowly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

suavemente (blandly, mildly, softly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

försiktigt (carefully, cautiously, gingerly). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yumuşak bir biçimde, uysalca (amenably, facilely, meekly, supply), usulca, usul (brand, cut, formality, method, modus, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), nazikçe (civilly, in style, kindly, politely, sweetly), kibarca (aristocratically, civilly, in style, mannerly, mildly, nicely, politely, sweetly). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

assa. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

обережно (beware, carefully, deliberately, discreetly, gingerly, guardedly, handle with care, look ahead, look out, nix, providently, steady), лагідно (meekly), полого (aslope). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nhẹ nhàng (airily, glib, lightly, mildly, soft, toilless, tripping, trippingly, velvety), dịu dàng chầm chậm, êm ái (consonant, cushy, dulcet, sweet, tender, tunable, tuneful). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

yn ofalus (carefully, lightly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Gently

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

cautim, leniter, molliter, placide. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Gently

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 29, Verse 21
Latin405VulgateQui delicate a pueritia nutrit servum suum postea illum sentiet contumacem
Middle English1395WyclifWho delicatli fro childhed nurshith his seruaunt; afterward shal feelen hym vnobeisaunt.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him at length become his son.
Basic English1964OgdenIf a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Gently

LanguageProverbs Chapter 29, Verse 21
Cebuano¶ Kadtong nagamatoto sa iyang sulogoon sa dakung pagmatngon gikan sa pagkabata Magahimo kaniya nga usa ka anak sa katapusan.
CroatianTko mazi slugu svoga od djetinjstva bit æe mu poslije neposlušan.
DanishForvænner man sin Træl fra ung, vil han til sidst være Herre.
DutchAls men zijn knecht van jongs op weeldig houdt, hij zal in zijn laatste een zoon willen zijn.
FinnishJos palvelijaansa nuoresta pitäen hemmottelee, tulee hänestä lopulta kiittämätön.
FrenchLe serviteur qu`on traite mollement dès l`enfance Finit par se croire un fils.
GermanWenn ein Knecht von Jugend auf zärtlich gehalten wird, so will er darnach ein Junker sein.
Haitian Creole¶ Lè ou mou ak yon esklav depi li tou piti, rive yon lè l'ap konprann se pitit ou li ye.
HungarianA ki lágyan neveli gyermekségétõl fogva az õ szolgáját, végre az lesz a fiú.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHamba yang dimanjakan sejak muda, akhirnya akan menjadi keras kepala.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJikalau seorang hamba dipeliharakan dengan lezatnya, maka pada akhir kelak iapun hendak menjadi anak tuannya.
ItalianChi accarezza lo schiavo fin dall'infanzia, alla fine costui diventerà insolente.
Maori¶ Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tana pononga mai o te tamarikitanga, ka waiho ia e ia i te mutunga hei tama tupu.
NorwegianForkjæler en sin træl fra ungdommen av, så vil han til sist være sønn i huset.
PortugueseAquele que cria delicadamente o seu servo desde a meninice, no fim tê-lo-á por herdeiro.   
RumanianSlujitorul pe care -l rqsfeyi din copilqrie, la urmq ajunge de se crede fiu. -
RussianеУМЙ У ДЕФУФЧБ ЧПУРЙФЩЧБФШ ТБВБ Ч ОЕЗЕ, ФП ЧРПУМЕДУФЧЙЙ ПО ЪБИПЮЕФ ВЩФШ УЩОПН.
SpanishEl que mima a su siervo desde la niñez, a la postre, éste será su heredero.
SwedishOm någon är för efterlåten mot sin tjänare i hans ungdom, så visar denne honom på sistone förakt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gently

Derivations

Words ending with "gently": astringently, cogently, contingently, diligently, divergently, exigently, fulgently, indulgently, insurgently, intelligently, intransigently, negligently, plangently, pungently, stringently, ungently, unintelligently, urgently. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ently, Gentilly, gentlia, geonly, Gestyl, getly, Getulio, gety, ginty, Goatly, guestly, Guntley, tently. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gently"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "gently" (pronounced je"ntlē)
5-e" n t l ēintently.
4-n t l ēabundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, bluntly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, jointly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, nonchalantly, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, quaintly, recently, reluctantly, reverently, saintly, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
3-t l ēabruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Gently

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-l-n-t-y"

-2 letters: gelt, gent, glen, gley, lent, tyne.

-3 letters: eng, gel, gen, get, gey, leg, let, ley, lye, net, teg, tel, ten, tye, yen, yet.

-4 letters: el, en, et, ne, ye.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-l-n-t-y"
 

+1 letter: lengthy, thegnly.

 

+2 letters: cogently, telegony, ungently, urgently.

 

+3 letters: cognately, elegantly, ethnology, exigently, fulgently, geniality, genitally, genteelly, gentility, lengthily, longevity, meltingly, pungently, restyling, strangely, strongyle, teasingly, teemingly, tellingly.

 

+4 letters: covetingly, deontology, diligently, enticingly, entomology, ethylating, exactingly, excitingly, exultingly, eyeletting, fetchingly, fleetingly, generality, integrally, lengthways, negatively, nematology, outyelling, outyelping, plangently, pregnantly, retiringly, rivetingly, sterlingly, strongyles, technology, temptingly, toweringly, trolleying.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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