softly

Example Sentences

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Trey ran a finger down my cheek before tilting my chin up and pressing his lips softly to mine.

From Literature

“All the sweets and all the terrors of human lot lay in his mind,” Emerson writes, “as truly but as softly as the landscape lies on the eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“You can leave through the hall,” she said softly.

From Literature

The airman replied softly, not responding at all to Mutti’s fury.

From Literature

He watched Wolf pad over and lie down beside Renn with his muzzle between his paws, gazing at the pouch on her lap, and whining softly.

From Literature