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Softly   /sˈɔftli/  /sˈɔfli/   Listen
Softly

adverb
1.
With low volume.  Synonym: quietly.  "She spoke quietly to the child" , "The radio was playing softly"
2.
In a manner that is pleasing to the senses.
3.
With little weight or force.  Synonyms: gently, lightly.
4.
Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly.  Synonym: piano.



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"Softly" Quotes from Famous Books



... seriously reviewing my position, with special reference to recent conversations with Mrs. Oldcastle. Certain things I laid down as premises which could not be questioned; as, for example, that I found this gracious little lady (Mrs. Oldcastle was petite and softly rounded in figure; I am tall and inclined in these days to a stooping, scraggy kind of gauntness) a most delightful companion, admirably well-informed, vivacious, and unusually gifted in the matter of deductive ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
... best opportunity and came near to her as she was about to spread her wings for a morning flight from the beautiful summit near her summer home. Not wishing to cause her undue alarm, I at first spoke softly, remaining invisible and watching her rare eyes send their glances toward the palmy trees around me, as her wings were relaxing quietly at her side. She was positive of having heard a voice, and as she still further scanned the immediate surroundings I saw that ...
— Life in a Thousand Worlds • William Shuler Harris
... lobs and slow twisters. In the soft grey silence he could hear the bump of the balls: and from here and from there through the quiet air the sound of the cricket bats: pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in ...
— A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man • James Joyce
... rose and crept as softly as they could through the snow and bushes down the side of the mountain. Harry looked back occasionally, but he saw no faces appear on the crest. Soon he heard Langdon who was beside him laughing ...
— The Scouts of Stonewall • Joseph A. Altsheler
... him. Soon he came up so far that he could lie down on Sam's chest, on the outside on the robes. Then Sam, he began howling, and so he had what you white people call the nightmare, but this time it was the night-dog." And Memotas softly laughed again, and others joined with ...
— Winter Adventures of Three Boys • Egerton R. Young


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