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Definition of Gentlest
1. gentle [adj] - See also: gentle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlest
Literary usage of Gentlest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Confessions of an English Opium-eater ; And, Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"infant feelings were moulded by the gentlest of sisters, not by horrid pugilistic
brothers; finally, that 1 and they were dutiful children of a pure, holy, ..."
2. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"... Choosing the "gentlest Means Possible'' Most cleaning techniques suitable for
use on historic masonry buildings rely on aqueous or water-based systems, ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... might seem to swerve from the strict rule of the law; believing, unreasonably,
that the softest and gentlest remedies might be most wholesomely applied ..."
4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1902)
"... of a wife whose husband he had rescued from death. Lincoln was the grandest
figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. ..."
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