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Meanings of put gently in English

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Usage of put gently in English
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The cat was taken into the next room, and put gently upon a rug.
True Stories about Dogs and Cats
2
I answered, making no resistance to the arm that was put gently round me.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 / A Maga...
3
For two years the dads were put gently through their paces, and encouraged to elaborate personal movement styles.
The Guardian
4
A few smiles, a few kind words, a five-pound note put gently into the withered old hands, and behold the thing was done.
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
5
Dr. Sandford's hand followed my hasty fingers and put gently away from my brow the hair I had failed to stroke into order.
Daisy in the Field
6
Then he arose, slipped out of the Council House, and returned with a great armful of wet leaves, which he put gently upon the fire.
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
7
Put gently, this is code for seven shades of strife.
The Irish Times
8
"The man in the corner-thatother one"-hadclaimed him, and Daisy put gently from her only the lifeless form which had once been Tom.
Miss McDonald
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