softness
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈsɔːftnəs/
:
suavidad
- You can see the softness of the edges in this painting, making it feel more dreamlike.
I wanted them to just have this softness but still have that bright color.
- I wanted them to just have this softness but still have that bright color.
- The hair is like flowy and it's detailed, but not too detailed to the point where it it takes away from like the softness of it.
Examples
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So instead of black, the brown just adds some sort of softness and elegance.
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The warm softness of her body pressed against him, and he breathed deeply the fragrance of her hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
I wanted them to just have this softness but still have that bright color.
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This has such a beautiful softness to it that it does not smell sour at all.
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I'm seeing some of the softness in the paint.
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Sometimes I prefer the softness of an eyeshadow.
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But when you touch your skin, there is this incredible feeling of just tenderness, softness to the skin, which is immense.
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There is such a softness to these kind of Pearlian metallic tones.
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Her head lolled heavily against his, the softness of her breast pressed into his arm.
Fiction book (1992) -
More than anything, she loves his voice, the still faintly southern softness of his black drawl.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
2
4.5
A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture
2
5.8
A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand
1
4.4
A feeling of being confused and slow to think
A soft, warm quality in light or colour that feels gentle
A soft, less bright quality in light or sound
Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear
Antonyms
How Soft
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Softness comes from the old word soft plus the ending -ness meaning 'quality', and soft originally meant 'gentle' or 'easy to press', like the blurred, calm light of a candle. So softness here means the 'quality of being gentle or not sharp' in sight.