adverb
definition
In a gentle manner
Examples of gently in a Sentence
Alex gently patted her on the back.
He gently pulled his arm away and stepped back.
He lifted the nest gently and put it in a safe place in the forks of the tree.
A hand gently pushed her forward.
Cade handed her a towel and gently rubbed her back.
The fresh morning air blew gently in my face, as if to welcome me, and be my merry playmate, and the sun looked at me with a warm and tender smile.
She did it gently, as if not to disturb the victim.
His fingers pressed gently, guiding her closer.
The shepherd led them gently back to the hut and gave them their usual supper of bread and milk.
Five minutes later, gently swaying on the soft springs of the carriage, he turned to Prince Andrew.
His big hand engulfed hers gently, yet his grip was strong.
All the same, he gently took her elbow and led her to the house.
Princess Mary was still standing by the cot, gently rocking the baby.
The latter, a fresh, rosy officer of the Guards, irreproachably washed, brushed, and buttoned, held his pipe in the middle of his mouth and with red lips gently inhaled the smoke, letting it escape from his handsome mouth in rings.
Though I passed over it as gently as possible, the slight undulations produced by my boat extended almost as far as I could see, and gave a ribbed appearance to the reflections.
She gently twisted her arm free.
Betsy gently roused me from my nap for a late dinner.
She gently replaced the hand and pulled the covers up.
When Dorothy gently touched her nose and ears and lips they seemed to be well and delicately formed.
Fingers caressed her hand gently and then slipped over her palm.
She gently broke the embrace and stepped away, smiling up at him in an inviting way.
She bit his neck gently, not wanting to hurt him despite the strange dream and hunger in her body screaming to be filled.
His hand gently pressed on her waist, drawing her closer as he leaned down.
I gently woke her, but in doing so frightened her.
He slid an arm under her and gently took her hand in his, planting a warm moist kiss in the center of the palm.
He kissed her gently, unwilling to drop his restraint.
Instead, she watched a man many, many times her strength gently clean the blood from her arm in unhurried, methodical strokes.
Her mate hesitated then lowered his head, nudging her gently in return in a sign that he wasn't too angry with her.
He lifted Destiny from the rug in her room where she had fallen asleep and gently placed her in her bed.
His warm hands dropped to her waist and slid to the back, pulling her gently against him.
The latter raises the moss and bark gently with his knife in search of insects; the former lays open logs to their core with his axe, and moss and bark fly far and wide.
His chuckle was soft as he pulled her gently against him.
He chuckled softly as he pulled her closer, his hand gently caressing her back.
She gently tugged her wrist from his hand, searching in her purse for the keys to the apartment.
His hands slid up her arms, gently caressing her shoulders.
The arms that rescued her continued to cradle her gently, and what the fall had failed to do to her heart beat, his close proximity completed.
Cade stood, gently tucking Zack into the crook of his arm.
Dean rose to his feet and went over to the officer, gently pushing her down to a sitting position.
She was not at all heavy, so the Wizard and Dorothy managed to lift her gently to the ground.
They gently did away with the street, and the village, and the state in which he lived.
Can't you do it more gently? said the Emperor apparently suffering more than the dying soldier, and he rode away.
If you find your child sleepwalking, gently guide him or her back to bed.
Nudge him with your heals to get him started and pull gently on the reins when you want him to stop.
He kissed her hungrily at first and then gently untangled her arms from his neck.
Each night 50 or 60 people gathered in the cathedral choir stalls to sing compline gently to round off a very full day.
Now by gently freeze-drying fresh garlic it is possible to present a high potency garlic concentrate intact with its active components.
When they reached their destination, Alex pulled her aside and gently corrected her.
Following the nurses instruction, she gently stroked his cheek.
Finally he lifted his hands and cradled her face in them, the thumbs gently caressing her cheeks.
On the Atlantic coast they are nearly horizontal, but dip gently seaward.