gentlesome

gentlesome

English

Etymology

From gentle +‎ -some.

Adjective

gentlesome (comparative more gentlesome, superlative most gentlesome)

1. Marked by gentleness; mild; tender
   • 2005, Jeremy Hoemsen, ‎Okanagan University College, Bible Prophecies Revealed:

     A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.

   • 2008, Liz Jensen, My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time:

     'Yes, Else,' I said, my voice quiet & most gentlesome. “You are not mistaken, & then I raised my veil & smiled wide, wide, wide. [...]”

   • 2015, Bruce Olds, Raising Holy Hell:

     Not that he weren't capable of a gentlesome word or a tender touch, but such as that come to him less natural than any living creature I ever seen.