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Definition of Softer
1. soft [adj] - See also: soft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Softer
Literary usage of Softer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Embossed wall-paper designs are effected by means of copper cylinders on which
the design has been engraved, with counter parts of rollers of a softer ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... But o'er her warrior's bloody bier The Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear i
Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The hard stone of the date is the endosperm, the white oily flesh of the coco-nut
is the same substance in a softer condition; the so-called " vegetable ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... plane, Hard box, and linden of a softer grain, And laurels, which the gods
for conqu'r- iug chiefs ordain. How they were rank'd shall rest untold by me, ..."