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Definition of Softened

1. Adjective. Toned down.

2. Adjective. Being or made softer or less loud or clear. "Muted trumpets"

Definition of Softened

1. Adjective. Made soft. ¹

2. Adjective. (linguistics): aspirated. ¹

3. Verb. (past of soften) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Softened

1. soften [v] - See also: soften

Lexicographical Neighbors of Softened

softboiled softbound softbounds softbox softboxes softcopies softcopy softcover softcovered softcovers

softed soften soften up softened (current term) softened up softener softeners softening softening up softeningly

softens softens up softer softest softgoods softhanded softhead softheaded

Literary usage of Softened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"THIRD BOOK INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON MANNERS, PROPERLY SO CALLED CHAPTER I That Manners Are softened as Social Conditions Become More Equal WE perceive that ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"CHAPTER I. HOW MANNERS ARE softened AS SOCIAL CONDITIONS RECOME MORE EQUAL. WE perceive that, for several centuries, social conditions have tended to ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"CHAPTER I. HOW MANNERS ARE softened AS SOCIAL CONDITIONS BECOME MORE EQUAL. WE perceive that, for several centuries, social conditions have tended to ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1840)
"CHAPTER I. THAT MANNERS ARE softened AS SOCIAL CONDITIONS BECOME MORE EQUAL. WE perceive that for several ages social conditions have tended to equality, ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"CHAPTER I. THAT MANNERS ARE softened AS SOCIAL CONDITIONS BECOME MORE WE perceive that for several ages social conditions have tended to equality, ..."

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