Meaning

  1. In a manner characterized by gentleness
  2. In a manner characterized by gentleness
  3. In a manner characterized by gentleness
  4. (historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
  5. (obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛntli/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English gentilly, gentlych, gentilliche, equivalent to gentle + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.

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