The rocket landed sufficiently gently to avoid breaking its instruments.
Source: tatoeba (29377)
Gently
//ˈd͡ʒɛntli//
Synonyms for "gently" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կամաց adv (in a gentle manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- внимателно adv (in a gentle manner)
- нежно adv (in a gentle manner)
Catalan
1 entries- suaument adv (in a gentle manner)
Dutch
3 entries- voorzichtig adv (in a gentle manner)
- zachtaardig adv (in a gentle manner)
- zachtjes adv (in a gentle manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- milde adv (in a gentle manner)
Finnish
4 entries- hellävaraisesti adv (in a gentle manner)
- hellävaroen adv (in a gentle manner)
- lempeästi adv (in a gentle manner)
- vienosti adv (in a gentle manner)
Galician
1 entries- suavemente adv (in a gentle manner)
Georgian
4 entries- მშვიდად adv (in a gentle manner)
- ნაზად adv (in a gentle manner)
- რბილად adv (in a gentle manner)
- წყნარად adv (in a gentle manner)
German
1 entries- sanft adv (in a gentle manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- finoman adv (in a gentle manner)
Ingrian
1 entries- veenost adv (in a gentle manner)
Italian
4 entries- blandamente adv (in a gentle manner)
- delicatamente adv (in a gentle manner)
- dolcemente adv (in a gentle manner)
- gentilmente adv (in a gentle manner)
Japanese
1 entries- そっと adv (in a gentle manner)
Korean
2 entries- 부드럽게 adv (in a gentle manner)
- 살포시 adv (in a gentle manner)
Latin
3 entries- lene adv (in a gentle manner)
- leniter adv (in a gentle manner)
- molliter adv (in a gentle manner)
Malay
1 entries- perlahan adv (in a gentle manner)
Persian
1 entries- یواش adv (in a gentle manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- behutsom adv (in a gentle manner)
Polish
2 entries- delikatnie adv (in a gentle manner)
- łagodnie adv (in a gentle manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- gentilmente adv (in a gentle manner)
Prakrit
1 entries- 𑀈𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀺 adv (in a gentle manner)
Russian
1 entries- не́жно adv (in a gentle manner)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nežno adv (in a gentle manner)
- nježno adv (in a gentle manner)
- нежно adv (in a gentle manner)
- њежно adv (in a gentle manner)
Spanish
4 entries- cuidadosamente adv (in a gentle manner)
- delicadamente adv (in a gentle manner)
- gentilmente adv (in a gentle manner)
- mansamente adv (in a gentle manner)
Swedish
1 entries- ömt adv (in a gentle manner)
Tatar
1 entries- әкрен adv (in a gentle manner)
Telugu
1 entries- నింపాదిగా adv (in a gentle manner)
Thai
1 entries- เบา adv (in a gentle manner)
Ukrainian
3 entries- м'я́ко adv (in a gentle manner)
- ні́жно adv (in a gentle manner)
- обере́жно adv (in a gentle manner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhẹ nhàng adv (in a gentle manner)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.
Source: tatoeba (31296)
The road curves gently towards the west.
Source: tatoeba (44681)
The land slopes gently toward the river.
Source: tatoeba (44792)
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