adverb

• In a manner characterized by gentleness
• Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
• In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.
• Quietly: without much noise or motion.
• (historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
• (obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.