Gently
Gently adverb - In a gentle manner.
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Synonyms for Gently
Increasingly and gently are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Increasingly" instead an adverb "Gently".
Increasingly
Increasingly adverb - Advancing in amount or intensity.
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Synonyms for Increasingly
Gently and increasingly are semantically related. You can use "Gently" instead an adverb "Increasingly".
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Related pairs
- regularly and gently
- regularly and increasingly
- still and gently
- still and increasingly
- moderately and gently
- moderately and increasingly
- piecemeal and gently
- piecemeal and increasingly
- deliberately and gently
- deliberately and increasingly
- slowly and gently
- slowly and increasingly
- imperceptibly and gently
- imperceptibly and increasingly
Both words in one sentence
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Bacchus is increasingly discomfited as the nature of the place dawns on him, and then indignant when he finds out that Gently had suspected it before they went in and hadn't bothered to say anything.
Source: Series / Inspector George Gently -
His father died when he was young, and his mother married several increasingly cruel and abusive men after that, who abused Gently, or his pets, and in one case deported his friends to Australia.
Source: Rage Breaking Point
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