Hence partly his cordiality to the king, who had sent "une hacquenée pour le [Louis] porter plus vite et plus doucement en Enfer ou au Paradis.
Il fait tout doucement son affaire = He is getting on slowly but surely.
Doucement va bien loin = Fair and softly goes far; Slow and sure wins the race.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doucement" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.