"gently touch" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a soft or delicate touching motion. Example: She gently touched the flower petals, careful not to damage their delicate structure.
If you and the woman are on a hand-holding or touching basis, then you can reach out to gently touch one or both of her hands and impress her with how loving and gentle you can be.
He and Ms. Shriver reached out to gently touch the coffin, crossed themselves and wordlessly left.
The memorial bears his inscription: "Speak her name and gently touch the souls of our ancestors".
To test whether it's hot enough, gently touch one of the potatoes to the fat.
In one experiment, they programmed the glove-wearing robotic hand to gently touch a berry without damaging it.
Ms. Redgrave, friendly but visibly reserved, would occasionally reach out and gently touch his arm after he delivered a compliment.
There is a sea of bright colours and fragrance, people in a hurry gently touch us to pass by.
Waiting staff who gently touch their customers apparently receive larger tips (though I can imagine that going the other way).
To perform this classical assay, an experimenter uses an eyebrow hair to gently touch a moving worm and observes whether or not the worm reverses direction.
"There are places in Africa where iron still has to gently touch the forehead of the bride before marriage is sanctified," Mr. Joyce said.
Meeting on some ragged street, the men clasp hands and gently touch their right shoulders, leaning forward like stately birds in some preordained ritual.
