Gently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- moderately and gently
- moderately and slightly
- reasonably and gently
- reasonably and slightly
- weakly and gently
- weakly and slightly
- easily and gently
- easily and slightly
- imperceptibly and gently
- imperceptibly and slightly
- gradually and gently
- gradually and slightly
- lightly and gently
- lightly and slightly
Both words in one sentence
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Also rather sadly, Max being let down none-too-gently by a slightly older girl during a lakeside holiday.
Source: Puppy Love - One is slightly cracked, and Mother Summer gently puts it back up, saying "This one is not ready to be born yet." That bottle is labeled "Wormwood".
Source: Literature / Cold Days -
In a similar vein for a different piece of kit, the engineer was instructed to use a large bunch of keys to tap gently (just the swing on the ring, no force required) on the front plate, which would show up as signal errors on a traffic analyser if any of the optical fibres were slightly loose.
Source: Percussive Maintenance
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