| mild | | |
| adj. | 1. mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme.; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" |
| ~ gentle, soft | soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe.; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him" |
| ~ mild-mannered | behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner. |
| ~ moderate, temperate | not extreme.; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" |
| ~ moderate | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme.; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" |
| ~ temperate | not extreme in behavior.; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" |
| adj. | 2. meek, mild, modest | humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.; "meek and self-effacing" |
| ~ humble | marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions" |
| adj. | 3. balmy, mild, soft | mild and pleasant.; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" |
| ~ clement | (of weather or climate) physically mild.; "clement weather" |
| gently | | |
| adv. | 1. gently | in a gradual manner.; "a gently sloping terrain" |
| adv. | 2. gently, mildly | in a gentle manner.; "he talked gently to the injured animal" |
| adv. | 3. gently, lightly, softly | with little weight or force.; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" |
| softly | | |
| adv. | 1. quietly, softly | with low volume.; "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly" |
| adv. | 2. softly | in a manner that is pleasing to the senses.; "she smiled softly" |
| adv. | 3. piano, softly | used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly. |
| sluggish | | |
| adj. | 1. sluggish, sulky | moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream" |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| adj. | 2. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adj. | 3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid | slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
| ~ inactive | not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
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