Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gently \Gen"tly\, adv.
   In a gentle manner.

         My mistress gently chides the fault I made. --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

gently
     adv 1: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"
     2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
        [syn: {mildly}]
     3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
        forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}]