how to pronounce gently

/ˈdʒɛntliː/

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gently is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gently in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… she gently informed me it was july more …”

meanings of gently

adverb:

In a gentle manner.

gently frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word gently occurs in english on average 32.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gently can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gently can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;