Gently vs. Slowly — What's the Difference?

Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.

Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed

Not harsh or severe; mild and soft

Marked by a retarded tempo

Easily managed or handled; docile

Taking or requiring a long time

Not steep or sudden; gradual

Taking more time than is usual

Of good family; wellborn

Allowing movement or action only at a low speed

Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite

Registering a time or rate behind or below the correct one

(Archaic) Noble; chivalrous

Lacking in promptness or willingness; not precipitate

One of good birth or relatively high station.

Characterized by a low volume of sales or transactions

To make less severe or intense

Lacking liveliness or interest; boring

To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.

Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness

To tame or break (a horse).

Only moderately warm; low

(Obsolete) To raise to the status of a noble.

So as to fall behind the correct time or rate

Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.

At a low speed

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

To make slow or slower.

Quietly: without much noise or motion.

To delay; retard.

(historical) From a gentle or high-class family.

To become slow or slower.

(obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.

(manner) At a slow pace.

In a gentle manner.

In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.

In a gradual manner;

Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');

In a gentle manner;

In music;

With little weight or force;