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Answer for the clue "A light softness ", 9 letters:
downiness

Word definitions for downiness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Downiness \Down"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being downy.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a light softness [syn: featheriness , fluffiness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being downy.

Usage examples of downiness.

The old woman was stiff-backed, as alert as a hawk-bat on the lookout for prey, and the downiness of her white hair, which should have softened her appearance, should have made her grandmotherly, instead gave her the aspect of some mad Force wizard from a scary bedtime story.

Allows my finger to caress Your lips' contour and downiness, Provided it supply a glove.