gently

adverb6

1. •
   in a kind, soft and careful way
2. •
   Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
3. •
   In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

   • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop. — 1946
4. •
   Quietly: without much noise or motion.

   • I look at the world, and I notice it's turning / While my guitar gently weeps / With every mistake, we must surely be learning / Still my guitar gently weeps — 1968
5. •
   (historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
6. •
   (no longer used) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.