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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
What the word 'gently' mean?
In the example of ‘toppled gently,’ what it mean gently? I guess, it could not be gracefully, because of the former word toppled. Does it mean slightly?
Harry saw, as though in slow motion, the ball rise up in the air and then start to fall. He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down - next second he was gathering speed in a steep dive, racing the ball - wind whistled in his ears, mingled with the screams of people watching - he stretched out his hand - a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he toppled gently onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his fist.
Harry saw, as though in slow motion, the ball rise up in the air and then start to fall. He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down - next second he was gathering speed in a steep dive, racing the ball - wind whistled in his ears, mingled with the screams of people watching - he stretched out his hand - a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he toppled gently onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his fist.
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eipjoo he toppled gently onto the grass Isn't "gently" in your dictionary? gently ~ without any great speed or any impression of force or violence CJ
- eipjoo he toppled gently onto the grass Isn't "gently" in your dictionary?
- gently ~ without any great speed or any impression of force or violence CJ
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eipjoohe toppled gently onto the grassIsn't "gently" in your dictionary?
gently ~ without any great speed or any impression of force or violence
CJ
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CalifJim: Dictionaries haven't described as great as you've done. It's very simple and easy what you said. Thank you.
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A person who is treating something / somebody , is kind, attentive, mild and soft. he is not in a hurry. Think of a student who is interested to dissect a flower to see its inner parts, he holds the flower gently. we hold a glass tumbler gently.
topple
overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall
Harry was in fast speed and could not balance himself. so he showed his e
topple
overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall
Harry was in fast speed and could not balance himself. so he showed his e
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I'm not sure about this, but I don't think whether someone is gentle or not has to do with their speed. One still can be gentle yet fast.
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AmbienceI don't think whether someone is gentle or not has to do with their speed.The quotation had nothing to do with a person being gentle, but with an action that happened gently.
Compare a mild breeze with hurricane force winds.
In which case is the air moving with greater speed? Which of the two do we describe as 'gentle'?
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If he "toppled gently" onto the grass, it simply means that he fell, but with so little momentum that he was not hurt.
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