Meaning
- In a manner characterized by gentleness
- In a manner characterized by gentleness
- In a manner characterized by gentleness
- (historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
- (obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.
Synonyms
carefully
nicely
good-temperedly
Translations
Frequency
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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