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gentlesome

adj

Etymology

From gentle + -some.

  1. derived from gentilis
  2. derived from gentil
  3. inherited from gentil
  4. suffixed as gentlesome — “gentle + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by gentleness

    Characterised or marked by gentleness; mild; tender.

    • A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.
    • 'Yes, Else,' I said, my voice quiet & most gentlesome. “You are not mistaken, & then I raised my veil & smiled wide, wide, wide. [...]”
    • Not that he weren't capable of a gentlesome word or a tender touch, but such as that come to him less natural than any living creature I ever seen.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA