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gently adverb [ ˈdʒɛntli ]

• with a mild, kind, or tender manner.
• "she gently broke the news to her mum"
• with lightness of action or effect; softly.
• "gently pat your skin dry"

gently born

• (of a person) having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous.
"my family may be silly, but we are still gently born and bred"

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