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| soft [ sawft, soft ] |
adjective (comparative soft·er, superlative soft·est) |
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1. malleable: easily shaped, bent, or cut
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2. yielding: giving way to externally applied pressure or weight
  a soft cushion
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3. smooth-textured: having a texture that is smooth to the touch
soft fur
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4. with smooth outline: having no sharp or jagged edges
furniture designed with soft lines
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5. quiet-sounding: quiet and soothing in sound
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6. easy on eyes: lacking glare or intensity of light or color
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7. mild: not blowing strongly or falling heavily
a soft rain
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8. affectionate: conveying love and tenderness
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9. emotional: easily moved to tender emotions
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10. cowardly: lacking determination or strength of character
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11. lenient: lenient in treatment or punishment, often too lenient
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12. undemanding: requiring little effort or attention
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informal
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a soft job
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13. not well toned: out of good physical condition
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14. incapable of enduring hardship: unable or unwilling to put up with hardship or privation, especially from having lived a life of ease
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15. lacking good sense: lacking intelligence or sound judgment
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informal
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16. lacking significance: dealing with other than serious issues or facts
soft news
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17. not easily verifiable: relating to, dealing with, or based on data that is not easily proved or disproved using scientific method
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18. not coercive: based on negotiation, flexibility, and good will rather than on coercion
a soft sell
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19.
Same as soft-core
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20. vulnerable: unprotected against violent attack
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21. military unarmored: describes military vehicles and sites with little or no protection against military attack
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22. finance relating to paper money: relating to currency or a monetary system that is not backed by gold and is therefore not easily convertible to a foreign currency
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23. commerce declining economically: exhibiting a downward trend, e.g. in price, demand, or economic activity
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24. phonetics sibilant or fricative: describes the consonant sounds "c" and "g" when pronounced as a fricative, as in "dance" and "age," instead of as a stop, as in "cat" and "get."
See also hardadv (sense 2)
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25. phonetics palatalized: describes a consonant that is palatalized in a Slavic language
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26. physics low-energy: describes radiation that has low energy and lacks penetrating ability
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adverb |
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softly: in a quiet, tender, or lenient way
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noun (plural softs) |
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something soft: a soft thing or part of something
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plural noun softs |
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economics
Same as soft commodities
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| [ Old English sōfte ( earlier sēfte) < Germanic] |
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| soft·ly adverb |
| soft·ness noun |
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be soft on somebody to be romantically attracted to somebody
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