gently
adverb
in a kind and amiable manner.
ungently
Example Sentences
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The Hound pulled her to her feet, not ungently.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The next operation was to shave them, and accordingly their faces were smeared over with a horrible mixture of shoemaker’s wax, train oil and soot, most ungently laid on with a coarse painter’s brush.
From Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
“There!” he said, roughly and yet not ungently.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Anton Otto Fischer
“My dear, dear child—” She put away the kindly hands, not ungently, 163 but as if she could not quite bear them—as if she was too sore for any human touch.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
In everything my Lord behaved ungently, How can I speak of it amongst my friends?
From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura
