Adjective

(en adjective)

pleasant, charismatic

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delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

Adjective

(er)

Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

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Docile and easily managed.

a gentle horse

Gradual rather than steep or sudden.

Polite and respectful rather than rude.

(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

* Johnson's Cyc.

British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.

* Milton

the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time