softness
noun
the quality or state of being soft.
softnesses
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pluralof softness.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
She may have lacked the bearing and carriage of a great lady, but what stateliness of manner can rival the pretty softnesses of a gentle girl wholly in love.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by Jean Newton McIlwraith
But if it be given to a man "to maunder away his mind in softnesses," he cannot live otherwise than as nature has made him.
From An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope
What Jefferson said of Madison was true of the Virginia orators in general,—“soothing always the feelings of his adversaries by civilities and softnesses of expression.”
From Thomas Jefferson by Henry Childs Merwin
