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softness

[sawft-nis, sahft-nis] / ˈsɔft nɪs, ˈsɑft nɪs /




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"I don't know whether it's softened me, but it certainly made me more aware of my own innate softness."

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Mahadevan sees additional opportunities for using multistability to create fabrics that combine softness, seamless construction and functionality.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

So I started playing: pumpkin purée for softness, cold coffee to deepen the cocoa, melted butter, two whole zucchini and a frankly generous amount of chocolate.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

They are compatibly beautiful; her softness brings out his, and she grounds him in a way that, say, Ann-Margret, Presley’s more aggressive co-star in “Viva Las Vegas,” did not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Some of the arrogance is gone from his voice, replaced with a horrible softness.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

His touch was special, even in introductions and final flourishes; he built waves within his playing, revealing softnesses in his sound even while working intensely.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2013

The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ideas, the softnesses, the laws of the valleys were far away from them; they were face to face with realities.

From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall

There were not many softnesses in the Canon's life.

From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward

She had been married late in the preceding season and had gone away with Mr Palliser, spending her honeymoon amidst the softnesses of some Italian lake.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope




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