| 单词 | softly-worded |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoftly-worded b. Forming adjectives with past participles, as softly-coloured, softly lit, softly-worded, etc. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 22 A softly-sprighted man, is he not? 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sleeping Beauty ii, in Poems 144 Glows forth each softly-shadowed arm. 1846 Fraser's Mag June 603/1 A softly worded apology for the ‘rights of man’. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. ix. 83 His softly-slippered feet making no noise. 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City ix. 249 Making the trifle the medium of a softly-hinted tenderness. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 334 This..lent to her softlyfeatured face at whiles a look..that imparted a strange yearning tendency to the beautiful eyes. 1963 Oxf. Bk. Garden Flowers 94/1 Perpetual flowering shrubs, varying in height from 4–6ft., mostly with double softly-coloured flowers. 2007 Org. Gardening May 65/1 If your yard permits, locate your evening garden at the end of a softly lit path. < as lemmas |
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