Meaning of SOFTNESS
| Pronunciation: | | s'oftnus
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- [n] a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
- [n] the property of giving little resistance to pressure
- [n] a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
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| | Antonyms: | | hardness, intensity, loudness, volume | | |
| | See Also: | | body, compressibility, consistence, consistency, decrescendo, diminuendo, downiness, faintness, featheriness, flabbiness, flaccidity, fluffiness, indulgence, lenience, leniency, limpness, mushiness, pianissimo, piano, sound property, sponginess, squeezability | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.]
The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to {hardness},
and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
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