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Softly

adverb

With low volume. Synonym: quietly. "She spoke quietly to the child" , "The radio was playing softly" Antonym: loudly.

In a manner that is pleasing to the senses.

With little weight or force. Synonyms: gently, lightly.

Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly. Synonym: piano. Antonym: forte.

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"Softly" Quotes from Famous Books

... reached the foot of the long, steep hills, over which they must climb. These hills were thickly wooded most of the way, forming beautiful groves, cool, dark, fragrant with resinous odors, and softly carpeted with moss and decayed leaves. Oscar and Jerry concluded to rest a few minutes before scaling the hills. Selecting a favorable spot, they stretched themselves at full length upon the ground, and looked up towards ...

— Oscar - The Boy Who Had His Own Way • Walter Aimwell

... may speak as children, but not when we are become men. The lisping which pleases us in a baby is altogether unsuitable for a sturdy boy. Do you wish me to give you milk and pap instead of solid food? Am I like a nurse to breathe softly on your hurt? Are not your teeth strong enough to masticate bread, the hard bread of suffering? Have you forgotten how to eat bread? Are your teeth set on edge by eating sour grapes? It is a fine thing, indeed, for you to complain to an ...

— The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus

... aunt, her dark and statuesque beauty as she sat, her noble form posed like an offended Juno, dimpled chin on dimpled fist, dark brows bent above long-lashed eyes, ruddy lips close-set and arched foot tapping softly beneath the ...

— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol

... Robert laughed softly to himself. He was pleased, immensely pleased with his experiment. His fantastic mood grew. He was a spirit of the woods himself; one of those old fauns of the Greeks, and he was really there to punish the evil invaders of his island. His body seemed to grow light with his ...

— The Sun Of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis • Joseph A. Altsheler

... afternoon. To be exact, he did not come until evening. He opened the outer door very softly and tiptoed into the living-room. Jed was sitting by the little "gas burner" stove, one knee drawn up and his foot swinging. There was a saucepan perched on top of the stove. A small hand lamp on the table furnished the only light. He did not hear the person ...

— Shavings • Joseph C. Lincoln

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