Usually means: Less harsh, mild, more soothing.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word gentler:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. gentler: Merriam-Webster
  2. gentler: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gentler: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gentler: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gentler, gentler: Wordnik
  6. gentler: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gentler: Wiktionary
  8. Gentler, gentler: Dictionary.com
  9. gentler: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. gentler: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gentler: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gentler: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gentler: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gentler: Medical dictionary

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  1. gentler: Idioms

(Note: See gentle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Gentle)

adjective:  Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
adjective:  Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
adjective:  Docile and easily managed.
adjective:  Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
adjective:  Polite and respectful rather than rude.
adjective:  (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
verb:  (intransitive) To become gentle.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To ennoble.
verb:  (transitive, animal husbandry) To break; to tame; to domesticate.
verb:  (transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
noun:  (archaic) A person of high birth.
noun:  (fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
noun:  A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
noun:  A surname.
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