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gentleness

/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩nəs/

Meanings
noun
The state of being gentle.

Examples :

"The teacher's gentleness calmed the restless students. "
quality character attitude being mind

Related Words

Illustration students

students noun

/ˈstjuːdn̩ts/ /ˈstudn̩ts/

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

"He is a student of life."

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teacher noun

/ˈtiːt͡ʃə/ /ˈtit͡ʃɚ/

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

"My daughter's teacher is very kind and helpful. "

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being noun

/ˈbiːɪŋ/ /ˈbiŋ/

A living creature.

"The being in the classroom was quiet today. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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calmed verb

/kɑːmd/ /kɑːmd/ /kɑːlmd/ /kɑːmd/

To make calm.

"to calm a crying baby"

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s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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gentle noun

/ˈdʒɛntl̩/

A person of high birth.

"The new student, a gentle of the wealthy Rodriguez family, was warmly welcomed by the school. "

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restless adjective

/ˈɹɛstləs/

Not allowing or affording rest.

"The night before his wedding was a restless one."

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state noun

/steɪt/

A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

"The current state of the project is that we are behind schedule. "