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1. softly
adverb. ['ˈsɔftli, ˈsɔfli'] with low volume.
Antonyms
Etymology
- softely (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Softly
- awfully
- beautifully
- cheerfully
- colorfully
- mercifully
- pitifully
- powerfully
- roughly
- safely
- wonderfully
Sentences with softly
1. Adverb
Hold a small treat in your fingers and talk to her softly until she approaches to take the food.
2. Verb, base form
Take a washcloth and begin to softly scrub your pug from head to toe.
Quotes about softly
1. Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watching me with Valentine. Did it bother you?”“That you seem to be dating my dad?” Jace shrugged. "You’re a little young for him, to be honest.”“What?” For the first time since Jace had met him, Sebastian seemed flabbergasted.
- Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
2. You're beautiful and sad,"I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again."For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you.
- Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver
3. I have spread my dreams under your feet.Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
- W.B. Yeats
