Added 2 October 2026
soft
/sɒft/ adjective
In Latin: mollis Wiktionary
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Easily giving way under pressure.
My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
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Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
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Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
soft eyes
interjection
noun
adverb
Origin
From 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, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.
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