The mother laid her baby on the bed softly.
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Softly
//ˈsɔftli//
Synonyms for "softly" (23 found)
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Related words (11)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 22 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- мя́кка adv (softly, gently)
- ці́ха adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Bulgarian
2 entries- меко adv (softly, gently)
- тихо adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Burmese
1 entries- တိုးတိုး adv (softly, gently)
Catalan
1 entries- suaument adv (softly, gently)
Danish
1 entries- blidt adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Dutch
4 entries- zacht adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- zachtaardig adv (softly, gently)
- zachtjes adv (softly, gently)
- zachtzinnig adv (softly, gently)
Esperanto
2 entries- mallaŭte adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- milde adv (softly, gently)
French
1 entries- doucement adv (softly, gently)
Galician
1 entries- suavemente adv (softly, gently)
German
2 entries- leise adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- sachte adv (softly, gently)
Hungarian
2 entries- halkan adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- lágyan adv (softly, gently)
Italian
2 entries- delicatamente adv (softly, gently)
- sottovoce adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Korean
1 entries- 부드럽게 adv (softly, gently)
Latin
2 entries- leniter adv (softly, gently)
- molliter adv (softly, gently)
Norman
1 entries- mollement adv (softly, gently)
Polish
2 entries- cicho adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- delikatnie adv (softly, gently)
Portuguese
2 entries- suavemente adv (softly, gently)
- suavemente adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Russian
2 entries- мя́гко adv (softly, gently)
- ти́хо adv (not loudly, inaudible)
Spanish
3 entries- inaudiblemente adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- silenciosamente adv (not loudly, inaudible)
- suavemente adv (softly, gently)
Telugu
1 entries- మెత్తగా adv (softly, gently)
Ukrainian
2 entries- м'я́ко adv (softly, gently)
- ти́хо adv (not loudly, inaudible)
West-Frisian
1 entries- súntsjes adv (softly, gently)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You speak so softly that I cannot quite hear what you say.
Source: tatoeba (69845)
I walked softly for fear of waking the baby.
Source: tatoeba (272312)
Smiling softly, he shook hands with his son and walked off.
Source: tatoeba (288299)
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