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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Investors did get an update on the solid-state transformer project, but seemed to focus on the here and now — the lower-than-expected revenue outlook, which was mostly thanks to softness in SolarEdge’s European business.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Chelsea have previously suffered from indiscipline, a perceived softness defending set-pieces and, perhaps most importantly, a lack of leadership and dressing-room culture.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Their crunch interrupts the softness of the turkey, cheese and sauces; their salt seasons the sandwich; and their pucker sharpens the lemon mayo and smoky-sweet romesco.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The show at the American Folk Art Museum, curated by Emelie Gevalt and Caroline Culp, opens with a symphony in softness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
It felt like her too: warm and solid with a little softness under a long, starched-crisp skirt.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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
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
My spirit is rather unbendable as yet to the softnesses of these strange words, stiff for want of use, so forgive a tendency to go round them.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
As sure as he was there thinking over John Gordon and Mary Lawrie, would he maunder away his mind in softnesses.
From An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope
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