Dictionary entry
Gentleness
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛntlnəs/
Pronunciation
/ˈdʒɛntlnəs/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) ကြင်နာမူ၊နူးညံမူ။
Definition
gentle /'dʒentl / adj (-r / 'dʒentlǝ(r)/; -st / 'dʒentlÇst/) ၁။ (က) ၾကင္နာေသာ။ ညင္သာေသာ။ ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕ေသာ။ a gentle person/ manner/ voice/ touch ❍ a doctor who is gentle with his hands ❍ soap that is gentle on/ to one's skin ❍ Be gentle with my best china! (ခ) သာယာညင္းေပ်ာင္းေသာ။ a gentle breeze ❍ gentle rainfall ❍ cook over a gentle heat. ၂။ ေျပေသာ။ a gentle slope. ❏ gentleness /'dʒentlnǝs / n [U] ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕ျခင္း။ ညင္ညင္သာသာရိွျခင္း။ ❏ gently / 'dʒentli / adv ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕စြာ။ ညင္သာစြာ။ ေျပေျပ။ ျဖည္းျဖည္း။ ညင္ညင္သာသာ။ handle sth gently ❍ speak to sb gently ❍ The beach slopes gently down to the sea.
Examples
- Joe is such a gentle
- loving boy.
- Mother’s manner was always gentle.
- A gentle smile
- A gentle riverside stroll
- She gave a gentle pull on the dog’s leash.
- A soft June morning with a gentle breeze
- The road began to climb gentle sandy hills.
- The gentle curve of the bay
- Cook for several hours over a gentle heat.