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GENTLE

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gentle I. adjectiv

1. nobil, boieresc, aristocratic;

the gentle and simple classes clasa privilegiaţilor şi a celor de rând.

2. (înv.) galant, cavaleresc.

3. nobil, ales, generos,

4. onorabil, elegant, distins;

gentle pursuits ocupaţii distinse.

5. blând, blajin, prietenos; binevoitor, amabil; cu inimă bună, mărinimos;

gentle reader dragi cititori, iubite cititorule (cuvânt al autorutui către cititor).

6. graţios, plăcut, atrăgător.

7. liniştit, tihnit, calm, paşnic, pacific.

8. (despre tonuri, glas etc.) melodios, mângâietor, blând.

9. (despre vânt, pedeapsă etc.) slab, uşor, blând, temperat.

10. ascultător, docil, supus, cuminte;

(as) gentle as gentle lamb blând ca un miel(uşel).

11. (sespre povârniş, pantă etc.) dulce, uşor, prelung.

12. (despre căldură, legi etc.) moderat, potrivit, temperat, nu excesiv.

13. (med.) benign.

gentle II. s.

1. plural (înv.) nobilime, aristocraţie, boierime.

2. râmă, viermişor (momeală la pescuit).

gentle III. verb tranzitiv

1. (rar) a îmblânzi, a muia, a face ascultător, a aduce la ascultare (pe cineva).

2. a dresa, a îmblânzi (un cal).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Yet why were these gentle beings unhappy?

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Her face was very friendly and her sharp voice unusually gentle as she said...

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I heard a gentle sound of movement, and then all was silent once more, though the smell grew stronger.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And yet he's as gentle as any child.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Although neither study shows exactly how inflammation causes pain, their results suggest that inflammation does not alter the ability of PIEZO2 to detect gentle touches.

(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)

"Forgive me," said I. He went on:—My friend, it was because I wished to be gentle in the breaking to you, for I know you have loved that so sweet lady.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Then turning to Mrs. Weston, with a look of gentle reproach—Ah!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

And, should he be of gentle blood it may be that he would care to exchange thrusts with me.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was certainly at this moment, in Elizabeth's mind, a more gentle sensation towards the original than she had ever felt at the height of their acquaintance.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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