1.b> ; , ; ; ; to answer gently ; to speak gently / / ; to stroke gently ;
2.b> ; ; to open [to close] a door gently / []; to touch smb. gently on the shoulder i> / ; to reprimand gently / ;
3.b> ; the road sloped gently to the sea ;
4.b> : gently born , ; gently bred .