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Meanings of not ungentle in English

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Usage of not ungentle in English
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He was roused by a vigorous but not ungentle tap upon the shoulder.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
2
And Montgomery by a not ungentle effort released himself from his wife's embrace.
The Just and the Unjust
3
Mistress Wilding met him with unsmiling, but not ungentle face.
Mistress Wilding
4
He said no more to me, but the touch of his hand was not ungentle.
Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine
5
But Randalin's head was shaking too decidedly, though she was not ungentle in her answering.
The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
6
But his manner, though not ungentle, was taciturn.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
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Then the little one was carried by rough but not ungentle hands to the dead-house on the hill.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
8
The speaker was Madame d'Auffray, to whom he had been introduced overnight- aladyof the aquiline French outline, not ungentle.
Beauchamp's Career — Complete
9
They were not ungentle with him; that would be too much rudeness to show a prince, but neither were they deferent.
The pretender's crown
10
In both houses a discussion followed of a heated sort- anewthing; there had been discussions before, but not heated ones, not ungentle ones.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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To the elderly woman's horror he had swooped down and laid a not ungentle hand on her ankle in its neat and smart-looking shoe.
Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, The Treasure of Indian Chas...
12
At length I felt a cold, firm, but not ungentle hand placed upon mine; and a clear, full, but not discouraging voice said to me,-
A Strange Story — Volume 01
13
"Then do n't go." His tone is not ungentle, but the meaning is clear.
Angelfall
14
"You still have her chocolate," says Raffe, his voice not ungentle.
Angelfall
15
"Very well, Colonel," says Fido, rising like some stern but not ungentle schoolmistress.
The sealed letter
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"There are a lot of things you do n't remember, are n't there?" she asked, her voice not ungentle.
When the wind blows
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