gentle

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Editorial note

It's more about gentle course corrections ahead of time than grabbing the wheel from them.

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Quick take

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gentle gathered in one view.

verb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

verb

give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

verb

stroke soothingly

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gentle.

verb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

verb

give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

verb

stroke soothingly

adjective

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

adjective

having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

adjective

quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

adjective

belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

adjective

easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

adjective

having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

adjective

marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"

Example sentences

It's more about gentle course corrections ahead of time than grabbing the wheel from them.

A gentle use can place it in the viewer's world space without disrupting the, well, flatness.

This is what we all wanted, and now we can reap what we have sown, while the gentle glow of the chrome url box lights up our screen.

So much for the harmonious, "gentle" blend of compounds in natural products!

My teen-age son and his friends are incredibly nerdy and gentle and I've noticed this throughout the generation.

" Instead she phrased it as a gentle suggestion, without explicitly confirming that it was what I needed to do.

The second email actually served as a gentle reminder and I got a response immediately after that.

All reported with deep urgency and absolute truthful authority between gentle praise songs I heard in church every Sunday.

Calling a gentle suggestion from the HN community to make a minor change to mourn one of our members "very offensive" is a bizarre overreaction.

We can challenge them, call them out, ask them questions, demand an apology for their being rude or offensive, yes, but we change people's thinking by gentle persuasion, not by public mockery or lynch mobs.

Maybe it's a gentle reminder of how hurtful and counterproductive these kinds of attitudes are, or maybe it's a forceful "I never want to hear that shit again" - depends on the type of personality you're dealing with.

The real competition isn't the mythical fantasyland where everybody learns everything perfectly and retains it forever as a result of the gentle teachings of the schoolmarm.

If you're interested in this kind of thing and want a gentle introduction, I highly recommend CodeCombat [1], which offers both a single player version for learning the system and a multiplayer version for writing AI code.

But I think he's right about a few things:- the ideal personality is now someone gentle, who gets along with everyone- the ideal social form is now to start a business or non-profit, or at least be an independent professional- to this end, and due to social media and blogging, many of us are always selling ourselves, however subtly.