softness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being easy to press or pleasant to touch.

   I love the softness of this new blanket.

2. 2
   noun

   A gentle, mild quality in someone's manner.

   There was a surprising softness in his usually stern voice.

3. 3
   noun

   A quiet, subdued quality of light, color, or sound.

   She admired the softness of the morning sky.

From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness.

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