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(adj) easy
marked by moderate steepness
an easy climb; a gentle slope
having little impact
an easy pat on the shoulder; gentle rain; a gentle breeze; a soft (or light) tapping at the window
(adj) soft
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him
(adj) patrician, blue, blue-blooded, aristocratic, aristocratical
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
an aristocratic family; aristocratic Bostonians; aristocratic government; a blue family; blue blood; the blue-blooded aristocracy; of gentle blood; patrician landholders of the American South; aristocratic bearing; aristocratic features; patrician tastes
(adj) docile
easily handled or managed
a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
(verb) placate, gruntle, lenify, pacify, mollify, conciliate, appease, assuage
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
She managed to mollify the angry customer
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility