as in kindness
the quality of having a generally kind and agreeable manner
The students quickly learned that despite their new teacher's gentleness, good grades had to be earned through hard work.
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Recent Examples of gentleness
Every movement Edith makes is precise, careful and filled with infinite gentleness.
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Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For eye makeup removers, gentleness is key—especially for sensitive eyes.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
During Valentine's season, focus on warmth, coziness, and gentleness.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Our test parent loved the gentleness over the typical abrupt tapping their teen on the shoulder to rise.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gentleness
Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For eye makeup removers, gentleness is key—especially for sensitive eyes.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
During Valentine's season, focus on warmth, coziness, and gentleness.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Our test parent loved the gentleness over the typical abrupt tapping their teen on the shoulder to rise.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gentleness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentleness
Noun
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Researchers explored how prosocial behavior, acts of genuine kindness and concern for others influences perceptions of physical attractiveness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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But Mike throws the man’s kindness back in his face by knocking him out and lifting his watch and wallet.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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But there’s less of a livewire, look-at-us sense of attention-seeking that’s characteristic of new filmmakers desperate to make a mark, and more control, patience, and craftsmanship on display in this unsettling, semi-Gothic tale of grief solutions gone wrong.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
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Which of the following best describes your urgency / patience for Detroit to get back in the postseason?—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Governance structures should include review cycles, simulation environments and risk tolerance thresholds.—
Premsai Ranga,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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First Lady Melania Trump dismissed claims that her husband's feud with Harvard is about something other than the school's tolerance of antisemitism.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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The title, in Muslim eschatology, refers to a narrow bridge between Paradise and Hell, which is fitting, insofar as Laxe’s movie is both a nightmarish experience and an exhilarating one—a pitiless ordeal that is nonetheless underpinned by extraordinary love and tenderness.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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If there is an archetypal quality to each girl and if this is amplified by the stereotypical nature of their problems, there is enough tenderness in the atmosphere of the shelter to allow each actor to take their foot of the gas and relax into the small and soothing tasks that make up domesticity.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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“Gentleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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