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Applied Gently Crossword Clue

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noun

• a light touch or stroke

• a small quantity of something moist or liquid

• a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing

verb

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

• hit lightly

• to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil

• to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing

32%9Gently unravel line, gently cutting top
adverb

• in a permissively lenient manner

29%7Gently applied with a sweeping motion
adjective satellite

• touched lightly in passing; grazed against

• (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush

• (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

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New York Times27 Jan 2009 Down 46
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