Gentleness: alternatives and connections

Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

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Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

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The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

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The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

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