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soft-spoken
[ sawft-spoh-kuhn, soft- ]
adjective
- (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- (of words) softly or mildly spoken; persuasive.
soft-spoken
adjective
- speaking or said with a soft gentle voice
- able to persuade or impress by glibness of tongue
Word History and Origins
Origin of soft-spoken1
Example Sentences
I thought he was very intelligent, very gentle, soft-spoken, precise.
Mapei is soft-spoken, but that should not be mistaken for modesty.
In person, Gondry is more Joel than Doc Brown—a fragile, soft-spoken man with a mop of curly brown hair.
As she sips tea in a lounge at the Greenwich Hotel, her soft-spoken, modest style includes a casual acceptance of her advantages.
Under its soft-spoken CEO and Chairman Gary Barber, the studio has emerged from bankruptcy, stronger and nimbler than before.
Gentle as he was and soft-spoken, there was a manly spirit in him, and that always commands respect among boys.
I had feared that in gaining our debonair young man-at-arms we had lost our soft-spoken clerk.
Patseys awful good to us, but he aint fine like an soft spoken.
Soft-spoken and polite, crafty and suspicious, he was pacific by temperament and therefore allowed politics to slumber.
He had dropped back into his old soft-spoken manner, and Tresler felt like hating him for the vileness of the nature he displayed.
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