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gently

adverb as in quietly and softly

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adverb as in kindly

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He was especially conscious of when jockeys would gently hand-ride a horse to victory.

It opens with a gently strummed mandolin, and a story about the terror and euphoria of being so partied-out you can't remember the night before.

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Londoner Dubois, 25, smiled and flexed her muscles before the two women gently leaned in with their heads for the face-off.

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Starting from a radius of 3 feet, they gently dig toward the marker from all directions, using shovels and then switching to pointed trowels to scoop debris into dust pans for closer inspection.

But the show gently yet cleverly pushed back against any detractors, opening with “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande singing a medley of three songs from the “Wizard of Oz” musical universe about persevering.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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