gently Copy link Outline I. Softly, without violence1. lēnĭter2. clēmenter (usu. = with mildness, clemency3. mansuētē (for syn. v. GENTLE)4. mītĕ (esp. in compar. or sup.)5. mollĭter (softly, easily6. plăcĭdēII. Gradually1. lēnĭter2. clēmenter3. mollĭter4. sensim • gently: I. Softly, without violence: 1. lēnĭter: the torrent rushes more g. down, torrens lenius decurrit, Ov.: to act too g., lenius agere, Caes.: v. gentle (I., 1). 2. clēmenter (usu. = with mildness, clemency: see also infr. II.).: the South winds breathe more g., spirant clementius Austri, Stat..: to treat any one g., aliquem c. tractare, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5: Cic.: v. mildly, mercifully. 3. mansuētē (for syn. v. gentle): to do anything mildly, g., justly, moderately, aliquid clementer, m., juste, moderate agere, Cic. Marc. 3, 9: ungentle things must be g. handled, m. immansueta tractanda sunt, Sen. 4. mītĕ (esp. in compar. or sup.): he addresses the ambassadors as g. as possible, legatos quam mitissime appellat, Caes. B. C. 7, 43. (Positive only in Apul.) 5. mollĭter (softly, easily: without harshness or irritation): to take a thing g., aliquid m. ferre, Cic. Sen. 2, 5: cf. Liv. 30, 3, med., molliter abnuere. 6. plăcĭdē: v. calmly. II. Gradually: 1. lēnĭter: a hill rising g., collis l. acclivis [ab infimo], Caes. B. G. 7, 19; l. editus, Liv. 2. clēmenter: a g. rising ridge, [molle et] cl. editum jugum, Tac. G. 1. Join: clementer et molliter [assurgens collis], Col. 2, 2, init. 3. mollĭter: hills sloping down as g. as possible, quam mollissime devexi colles, Col. 1, 2, med.: v. supr. (2). 4. sensim: v. gradually.