Crossword clues for softer
softer
- Easier to chew
- Talc, vis-a-vis diamond
- More pliant
- More out of condition
- More fluffy
- More easily cut
- More cushiony
- Like Brie vis-à-vis Gruyère cheese
- Less garish
- Hole "___, Softest"
- Having more love handles
- Easier on the skin
- Diminuendo, to a musician
- Diminuendo, on a score
- Diminuendo, in music
- Claim in a tissue ad
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soft \Soft\ (s[o^]ft; 115), a. [Compar. Softer (s[o^]ft"[~e]r); superl. Softest.] [OE. softe, AS. s[=o]fte, properly adv. of s[=e]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[=a]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.]
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
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Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
--Matt. xi. 8. Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. ``The soft, delicious air.''
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Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds . . . made the softest lights imaginable.
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Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman.
--Shak.Soft were my numbers; who could take offense?
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Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine.
--Shak.The meek or soft shall inherit the earth.
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Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
--Prov. xv. 1.A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred.
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Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.
A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering.
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Gentle in action or motion; easy.
On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.
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Weak in character; impressible.
The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's.
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Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.]
He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.
--Burton. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.
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(Phonetics)
Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.
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Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
Soft clam (Zo["o]l.), the common or long clam ( Mya arenaria). See Mya.
Soft coal, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal.
Soft crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab which has recently shed its shell.
Soft dorsal (Zo["o]l.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays.
Soft grass. (Bot.) See Velvet grass.
Soft money, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.]
Soft mute. (Phonetics) See Media.
Soft palate. See the Note under Palate.
Soft ray (Zo["o]l.), a fin ray which is articulated and usually branched.
Soft soap. See under Soap.
Soft-tack, leavened bread, as distinguished from hard-tack, or ship bread.
Soft tortoise (Zo["o]l.), any river tortoise of the genus Trionyx. See Trionyx.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: soft)
Usage examples of "softer".
With one hand he cradled the back of her head, letting his fingers thread through her hair, softer than any silk.
He told her she was more beautiful than the first flowers of spring, that her voice was softer than a velvet caress, that her eyes were bluer than the finest sapphires.
Nothing was to be seen of them save the sleeves, which were of a delicate substance, resembling that of the finest Parisian kid gloves, but far softer and finer.
As we were watching them, Eveena, wrapped in a cloak of fur not a little resembling that of the silver fox, but far softer, stole her hand into mine and whispered a request that I would lend her the instrument I was using.
Have the women of your Earth hearts so much harder and skins so much softer than ours?
It was easier a little softer, less hard to swallow past a certain point.
His skin was soft, even the beard stubble was softer than it looked, so black against this white skin.
Its colour was peculiar, more like that of the red man than any other variety of our species, and yet different from it--a richer and a softer hue, with large black eyes, deep and brilliant, and brows arched as a semicircle.
From it they extract the light which supplies their lamps, finding it steadier, softer, and healthier than the other inflammable materials they had formerly used.
But the reproach of cruelty, so repugnant even to her softer vices, has left an indelible stain on the memory of Theodora.
But the firmest defence of Petra was placed in the valor of fifteen hundred Persians, who resisted the assaults of the Romans, whilst, in a softer vein of earth, a mine was secretly perforated.
India ten quintals of the wood of aloes, a maid seven cubits in height, and a carpet softer than silk, the skin, as it was reported, of an extraordinary serpent.
Among the colors, he celebrates, with affectation of eloquence, the fiery blaze of the scarlet, and the softer lustre of the green.
By his arms, the Gasnevides were expelled from the eastern kingdoms of Persia, and gradually driven to the banks of the Indus, in search of a softer and more wealthy conquest.
Keeping that in mind, he did his best to avoid the softer, deeper piles of sand.