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over-gentle
over-gentle adj.
Brit. 
/ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛntl/
, /ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛntl/U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(t)l/
/ˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(t)l/ΚΠ
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxciiij He hym selfe hath bene ouer-gentle to hym.
1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 319 Their house was taken possession of and searched by the not over-gentle police.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 26 June 14 Not helped much by the production's overgentle pace, the play seems to stutter forward by fits and starts.
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as lemmas
- to know a person a thing or two
- to know a person by her company
- to know a person by his company
- to know a person by the company he keeps
- to know a person by the company she keeps
- to know a person in the biblical sense
- to know a thing or two
- to know about
- to know all is to forgive all
- to know all the angles
- to know all the answers
- to know asunder
- to know backwards
- to know best
- to know better
- to know better formerly also better things
- to know both sides of a penny
- to know by headmark
- to know by heart
- to know by rote
- to know different
- to know enough to come in out of the rain
- to know enough to come in when it rains
- to know enough to go in when it rains
- to know experimently