Definition of Gentlest

1. Adjective. (superlative of gentle lang=English POS=adjective) ¹

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Definition of Gentlest

1. gentle [adj] - See also: gentle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlest

gentlemen
gentlemen's agreement
gentlemen's club
gentlemen and scholars
gentlemen farmers
gentlemen of leisure
gentleness
gentlenesses
gentlepeople
gentleperson
gentlepersons
gentler
gentles
gentleship
gentlesse
gentlest (current term)
gentlewoman
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanly
gentlewomen
gentling
gently
gentoo
gentoo penguin
gentoo penguins
gentoos
gentrice
gentrices
gentries
gentrification

Literary usage of Gentlest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Confessions of an English Opium-eater ; And, Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"infant feelings were moulded by the gentlest of sisters, not by horrid pugilistic brothers; finally, that 1 and they were dutiful children of a pure, holy, ..."

2. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"... Choosing the "gentlest Means Possible'' Most cleaning techniques suitable for use on historic masonry buildings rely on aqueous or water-based systems, ..."

3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... might seem to swerve from the strict rule of the law; believing, unreasonably, that the softest and gentlest remedies might be most wholesomely applied ..."

4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1902)
"... of a wife whose husband he had rescued from death. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. ..."

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