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  1. Adj

    Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

    Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt you.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

    I felt something touch my shoulder; it was gentle and a little slimy.
  3. Docile and easily managed.

    We had a gentle swim in the lake.
  4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.

    The walks in this area have a gentle incline.
  5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.

    He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.
  6. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

    archaic

    "You are of gentle blood," she said […]

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Rather a ditch in Egypt / Be gentle grave unto me! rather on Nilus' mud / Lay me stark-nak'd, and let the water-flies / Blow me into abhorring!

[European honey bees] raise large colonies, hoard large quantities of honey, are more gentle than other species and almost never abscond.

At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.