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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Gently \Gen"tly\, adv.
     In a gentle manner.
  
           My mistress gently chides the fault I made. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gently
       adv 1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"
       2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
          [syn: {mildly}]
       3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
          forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}]

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