softness
Americannoun
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softnesses
plural
noun
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the quality or an instance of being soft
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metallurgy the tendency of a metal to distort easily See brittleness toughness
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But he does need to maintain that softness for El-Sayed.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Whatever the case, the softness in hiring is glaringly evident in the slowdown in wage growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Given the overall softness of the labour market, the likelihood of two Fed hikes is going lower,” he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
They are compatibly beautiful; her softness brings out his, and she grounds him in a way that, say, Ann-Margret, Presley’s more aggressive co-star in “Viva Las Vegas,” did not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The creak of wood and the softness of moss and the rustle and whisper of green and green and green,” the Beast sang.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
His touch was special, even in introductions and final flourishes; he built waves within his playing, revealing softnesses in his sound even while working intensely.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The circumstances being such as they were, there should be no family love, no fraternal sports, no softnesses, no mercy.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
My good reverts to ill; My calmnesses would move thee, My softnesses would prick thee, My bindings up would break thee, My crownings curse and kill.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
She had yielded to it for many days, striving to coax him by little softnesses of which she herself had been ashamed as she practised them.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
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