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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"  Antonym: loudly.
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.  Antonym: forte.



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"Softly" Quotes from Famous Books



... the door softly and I sped away, my moccasins making no sound on the soft dirt. I reached the garrison, was challenged by Jack Terrill, the guard, and brought by him to Bowman's room. The Captain sat, undressed, at the edge of his bed. But he ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... nervously about him, closed a window, and whispered very softly, "I am His Majesty the ...
— General Bramble • Andre Maurois
... forgotten me," said she, softly; "I weep because, in accusing yourself, you make no excuse for your crime; not even your love for your ...
— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach
... Arthur was swinging his long legs backwards and forwards, and whistling softly to himself. I looked at him for a moment curiously. The words of an ancient proverb flitted ...
— The Master Mummer • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... Madame Garain, her chin softly dropped on her chest, slept in the peace of her housewifely mind, and dreamed of her vegetable garden on the banks of the Loire, where singing-societies ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet


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