- softly-spoken
- adj [more \softly-spoken; most \softly-spoken]chiefly Brit : ↑soft-spoken
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= ↑soft-spoken
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
softly-spoken
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softly spoken — UK US adjective someone who is softly spoken has a quiet gentle voice Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s voicehyponym … Useful english dictionary
softly-spoken — adj another form of the word ↑soft spoken … Dictionary of contemporary English
softly spoken — UK / US adjective someone who is softly spoken has a quiet gentle voice … English dictionary
softly-spoken — adjective another form of the word softspoken … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
softly-spoken — /sɒftli ˈspoʊkən/ (say softlee spohkuhn) adjective habitually quiet in one s manner of speaking …
-spoken — UK [spəʊkən] US [spoʊkən] suffix used with some adverbs to form adjectives that describe the way someone speaks softly spoken well spoken Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym * * * spo|ken «SPOH kuhn», verb, adjective … Useful english dictionary
spoken — spok|en1 [ˈspəukən US ˈspou ] the past participle of ↑speak spoken 2 spoken2 adj 1.) spoken English/language etc the form of language that you speak rather than write →↑written 2.) the spoken word spoken language rather than written language or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
-spoken — UK [spəʊkən] / US [spoʊkən] suffix used with some adverbs to form adjectives that describe the way someone speaks softly spoken well spoken … English dictionary
-spoken — suffix (in adjectives) speaking in a particular way: a softly spoken girl (=who speaks quietly) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spoken — 1 the past participle of speak 2 adjective 1 spoken English/language the form of language that you speak rather than write 2 quietly/softly/well spoken speaking in a quiet, educated etc way 3 be spoken for informal a) if something is spoken for,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
