Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
gently .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete In a
gentle ornoble manner;frankly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Down town in gentilly and a major fan. thanks oyster.
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Grad skool at NOBTS ; libbed in gentilly area, across the lake in Purl Riber and nex to teh nint ward in Chalmette/Arabi.
cingular kittehs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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April 2, 2008 at 12:41 pm hay. ware yat, cratz! i libbed in teh gentilly seckshun ob NOLA fer awile, adn cross the lake for a wile, an out in Chalmette/Arabi jest four muvin to teenie tinee new ingland went to grad skool in NO
awww its ok - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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So the valiant knight stayed on to please his friends, nor could he have fared more gentilly in any land.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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So the valiant knight stayed on to please his friends, nor could he have fared more gentilly in any land.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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8: 25 PM if this punk doesn't get our levees funded because he say's we cant afford the three year loan plan I am going to pray for a flood that wipes out gentilly terrace and metairie.
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Always admit your special friends, and show them you are glad to see them.] ¶ The xvj: when your {e} ballyfs comyn a-fore ȝoure, speke to the {m} fayr {e} and gentilly in opyñ place, and not in p {ri} uey,
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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"We are verily sorry, Father," came quietly from Mistress Grena, "that no meet apology hath been offered unto you for this discourtesy, and we pray you of your grace and goodness right gentilly to accept the same even now.
All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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