Gently and Rather

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Gently adverb - In a gentle manner.

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Rather and gently are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Gently".

Nearby Words: gentle, gentling, gentility, gentled

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Gently and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gently" instead an adverb "Rather".

He also 'gently' KOed a 'nun' and a little kid in the Baroque Works village, rather than slashing them (as he does the adult males who attack him).

Source: Friend to All Children
He, or rather, it, crawls up to Veronica and gently directs the shotgun she is holding to his head so she could end his suffering.

Source: I Cannot Self-Terminate
A slight inversion in AJCO with Egg, who has accepted that she will die and begs the others to not go gently in her last speech rather than the other way around.

Source: Do Not Go Gentle

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