gentilly

Adverb

gently (comparative gentlier or more gently, superlative gentliest or most gently)

1. Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
   • First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79
2. In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.
   • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243
3. Quietly: without much noise or motion.
   • I look at the world, and I notice it's turning / While my guitar gently weeps / With every mistake, we must surely be learning / Still my guitar gently weeps1968, George Harrison, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, performed by The Beatles
4. (historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
   • gently born
5. (obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.