soft
adverb
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in a relaxed mannerloosely
adjective
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not brilliant or glaring“the moon cast soft shadows”subdued
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mild and pleasantbalmymild
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not burdensome or demandingeasygoingcushy
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willing to negotiate and compromise
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out of conditionflabbyflaccid
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yielding readily to pressure or weight
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compassionate and kind
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(of speech sounds)hard
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(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflecteddiffusediffused
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having little impacteasy
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(of sound) relatively low in volume“soft voices”
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used chiefly as a direction or description in musicloud
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not protected against attack especially by nuclear weapons“The bunkers were soft targets.”
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soft and mildgentle
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tolerant or lenientlenientindulgent
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using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation“soft data”
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produced with vibration of the vocal cordssonant
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easily hurt“soft hands”delicate
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(of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value“the market for computers is soft”