GENTLY

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Traducere în limba română

gently adverb

1. blând, dulce, liniştit, gingaş, delicat; cu delicateţe / gingăşie / blândeţe / dulceaţă.

2. liniştit, uşor, încet; uşurel, încetişor; cu precauţie / cu prudenţă / cu grijă; moderat, cumpătat; cu cumpătare;

gently! încet! uşurel! încetişor!

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"To what?" he asked gently, whilst we were all very still; for each in our own way we had a sort of vague idea of what she meant.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Why not give them a change of treatment? Take them aboard, and deal gently with them. Whatever they have done they have been hounded into doing.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"Thou dost not understand, Kinoos," Negore said gently.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

“Why not, my love?” I gently asked.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“Life brings many a cross,” said the Abbot gently.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"And it's just because of that that I'm not going to," he said gently.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Mr. Rochester sat quiet, looking at me gently and seriously.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Away ran Jo, and Mrs. March gently told Meg Mr. Brooke's real feelings.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Yes, I am sure: carry her gently to the inn.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

It was gently, but it was calmly said, and Sir Thomas was easy on the score of the cousins.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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