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Definitions for Softly

[1] yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
[2] relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood.
[3] smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse: a soft fabric; soft skin.
[4] producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable: soft slumber.
[5] low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious: soft music; a soft voice.
[6] not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring: soft light; a soft color.
[7] not hard or sharp: soft outlines.
[8] gentle or mild: soft breezes.
[9] genial or balmy, as climate or air.
[10] gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate: a soft, grandmotherly woman.
[11] smooth, soothing, or ingratiating: soft words.
[12] not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand.
[13] responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted.
[14] sentimental or flowery, as language: soft, meaningless talk.
[15] not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion: He was too soft for the Marines.
[16] Informal . easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe: a soft job.
[17] Informal . easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable.
[18] lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, especially regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening: to be soft on Communism.
[19] (of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
[20] (of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency.
[21] (of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak: a soft tourist season. Compare firm1(def 7) .
[22] (of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms: a soft loan.
[23] soft-core.
[24] Metallurgy . (of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized. (of solder) fusing readily. (of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness.
[25] Photography . (of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone. (of a focus) lacking in sharpness. (of a lens) unable to be focused sharply.
[26] Phonetics . (of consonants) lenis, especially lenis and voiced. (of c and g ) pronounced as in cent and gem. (of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized. Compare hard(def 38) .
[27] Military . (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack.
[28] Aerospace . (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents: a soft landing on the moon.
[29] Physics . (of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation) having relatively low energy: soft x-rays. Compare hard(def 40) .
[30] (of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate.
[31] foolish or stupid: soft in the head.
[32] (of a detergent) readily biodegradable.
[33] something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
[34] softness.
[35] in a soft manner.
[36] be quiet! hush!
[37] not so fast! stop!
[38] be soft on someone , Informal . to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for: He's been soft on her for years.
[39] easy to dent, work, or cut without shattering; malleable
[40] not hard; giving little or no resistance to pressure or weight
[41] fine, light, smooth, or fluffy to the touch
[42] gentle; tranquil
[43] (of music, sounds, etc) low and pleasing
[44] (of light, colour, etc) not excessively bright or harsh
[45] (of a breeze, climate, etc) temperate, mild, or pleasant
[46] dialect drizzly or rainy a soft day ; the weather has turned soft
[47] slightly blurred; not sharply outlined soft focus
[48] (of a diet) consisting of easily digestible foods
[49] kind or lenient, often excessively so
[50] easy to influence or impose upon
[51] prepared to compromise; not doctrinaire the soft left
[52] informal feeble or silly; simple (often in the phrase soft in the head )
[53] unable to endure hardship, esp through too much pampering
[54] physically out of condition; flabby soft muscles
[55] loving; tender soft words
[56] informal requiring little exertion; easy a soft job
[57] chem (of water) relatively free of mineral salts and therefore easily able to make soap lather
[58] (of a drug such as cannabis) nonaddictive or only mildly addictive Compare hard (def. 19)
[59] (of news coverage) concentrating on trivial stories or those with human interest
[60] phonetics an older word for lenis (not in technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as palatal or alveolar fricatives or affricates (s, / dʒ /, / ʃ /, / ð /, / tʃ /) before e and i, rather than as velar stops (k, g) (in the Slavonic languages) palatalized before a front vowel or a special character (soft sign ) written as Ь
[61] unprotected against attack a soft target military unarmoured, esp as applied to a truck by comparison with a tank
[62] finance , mainly US (of prices, a market, etc) unstable and tending to decline
[63] (of a currency) in relatively little demand, esp because of a weak balance of payments situation
[64] (of radiation, such as X-rays and ultraviolet radiation) having low energy and not capable of deep penetration of materials
[65] physics (of valves or tubes) only partially evacuated
[66] related to the performance of non-specific, undefinable tasks soft skills such as customer services and office support
[67] soft on or soft about gentle, sympathetic, or lenient towards feeling affection or infatuation for
[68] in a soft manner to speak soft
[69] a soft object, part, or piece
[70] informal See softie
[71] quiet!
[72] wait!

Words related to Softly

softquietly, delicately, smoothly, gently, gingerly, tenderly, faintly, carelessly, gradually, nimbly, agilely, airily, breezily, daintily

Words nearby Softly

softsofer, soffit, soffritto, sofia, sofrito, soft, soft armor, soft chancre, soft clam, soft coal, soft commodities

Origin of Softly

before 1000; Middle English softe yielding, gentle, mild, Old English sōfte agreeable; cognate with German sanft

Other words from Softly

soft·ly , adverb
soft·ness , noun
o·ver·soft , adjective
o·ver·soft·ly , adverb
o·ver·soft·ness , noun
su·per·soft , adjective
ul·tra·soft , adjective
ul·tra·soft·ly , adverb
ul·tra·soft·ness , noun
un·soft , adjective
un·soft·ly , adverb
un·soft·ness , noun

Word origin for Softly

Old English sōfte; related to Old Saxon sāfti, Old High German semfti gentle

Synonyms for Softly

delicately, faintly, gently, gingerly, quietly, smoothly, tenderly, agilely, airily, breezily, carelessly, daintily, gradually, nimbly