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gentle handling
noun as in kid gloves
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Now, at the period of its keenest receptive powers, a delicate and sensitive thing needing very gentle handling.
At length, growing accustomed to the gentle handling of the Indian girl, it poked out its beak and took a sip.
A few minutes' more gentle handling left the instrument sufficiently clean to enable him to appreciate its chief points.
In the glost kiln the ware requires gentle handling and must touch nothing but the spur or support.
The gentle handling of the tumour and the employment of a drainage tube for the first forty-eight hours diminishes this risk.
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gentle handling, such as: delicacy, fastidiousness, gentleness, good taste, kid-glove treatment, and leniency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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