Meaning

adjective yielding readily to pressure or weight

adverb in a relaxed manner; or without hardship; (`soft' is nonstandard)

adjective compassionate and kind; conciliatory

originFrom Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *sōmiz (“agreeable,…

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