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comparative softlier or more softly, superlative softliest or most softly
In a soft manner; gently. quotations examples
He had married a lady well educated and softly nurtured, but not dowered with worldly wealth. […] They would give up ideas of gentle living, of soft raiment, and delicate feeding.
1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
Not loudly; nearly inaudibly. examples