softness

CEFRB1

/ˈsɔftnəs/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being easy to press or gentle to touch.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The quality of being soft.

Examples

  • He spoke with a softness characteristic of southerners.

  • I can't forget her softness.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

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In context

  • […] the informal dressers, with their "divided skirts" and stealthy advances towards confessed trouserdom, are the strong-minded sisterhood, to whom the softnesses of sex are abominations […]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness.