What does gentlesome mean?
Gentlesome means Characterised or marked by gentleness; mild; tender..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characterised or marked by gentleness; mild; tender..
A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.
'Yes, Else,' I said, my voice quiet & most gentlesome. “You are not mistaken, & then I raised my veil & smiled wide, wide, wide. [...]”
Not that he weren't capable of a gentlesome word or a tender touch, but such as that come to him less natural than any living creature I ever seen.
Even more surprising was how he loved to rock Annie Mae, talk to her in the most gentlesome way.
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Gentlesome means Characterised or marked by gentleness; mild; tender..
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A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.
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