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Softly

//ˈsɔftli// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a soft manner; gently.

    "The masseuse was rubbing my back too softly for my liking, so I asked her to go harder."

  2. 2
    Not loudly; nearly inaudibly.

    "whisper softly in someone's ear"

  3. 3
    With subdued color; faded or misty with distance.

    "And they sat very still, the two of them, and looked out over that great, beautiful desert—away to the home mesa that they could see, softly blue, in the distance."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with low volume wordnet
  2. 2
    with little weight or force wordnet
  3. 3
    used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly wordnet
  4. 4
    in a manner that is pleasing to the senses wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English softely, softeliche, equivalent to soft + -ly.

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