Hyphenation of gently

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word gently? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

gen-tly

Definitions of gently:

1.	In a gradual manner A gently sloping terrain
2.	In a gentle manner He talked gently to the injured animal
3.	With little weight or force She kissed him lightly on the forehead

Synonyms of gently:

adv	mildly
adv	lightly, softly

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.