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Meanings of gentleness in English

Portuguese
macieza
Catalan
amabilitat
Spanish
amabilidad

Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered.

        macieza

        The property possessed by a slope that is very gradual.

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            Examples for "gradualness"
            Examples for "gradualness"
            1
            The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer.
            "Beautiful Thoughts"
            2
            Jesus here falls back, as he so often does, on the gradualness of nature.
            Mornings in the College Chapel / Short Addresses to Young Men on...
            3
            For all its summer gradualness, night seemed to have suddenly descended on and around them.
            Summer of Night
            4
            Two powerful social forces limit gradualness.
            Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
            5
            But the patient expectance of Noah comes out strongly in the story, as well as the gradualness of God's working.
            Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
            Usage of gentleness in English
            1
            People left home in different ways, some in gentleness, others in anger.
            The house
            2
            A lion in strength and might; a dove in gentleness and humility.
            The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick / Including the Life by ...
            3
            A lion in strength and power; a dove in gentleness and humility.
            The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick / Including the Life by ...
            4
            My father knows nothing about gentleness anymore, nothing about mercy or love.
            Chaosbound
            5
            On the other hand the philosopher will have the quality of gentleness.
            The Republic
            6
            In proof of which gentleness I adduce his adventure with the rabbit.
            The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
            7
            Her gentleness quite upsets me at times; it jars on my nerves.
            Fruitfulness
            8
            Again his voice was softened to a great gentleness; yet it compelled.
            The Keeper of the Door
            9
            In the gentleness of your heart you kissed me-and-shesawthat kiss.
            The Maid of the Whispering Hills
            10
            I touched her pulse; it was beating with a wayward, fluttering gentleness.
            Basil
            11
            The warm gentleness of the voice thrilled her with a sudden sympathy.
            The Secret Power
            12
            The calm of the man, the gentleness of his tones were irresistible.
            The Man in the Twilight
            13
            I spend my days now breaking down meat, with control, gentleness, serenity.
            Cleaving
            14
            This family was governed with great strictness; firmness was united with gentleness.
            Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
            15
            But the spiritual man must learn the lesson of gentleness and long-suffering.
            Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
            16
            That Character is the type of all strength and of all gentleness.
            Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
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            Translations for gentleness
            Spanish
            amabilidad
            Gentleness through the time
            Gentleness across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Less common