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soft-spoken

Syllables: soft-spok·enUK/ˈsɒftˌspəʊkən//ˈsɔftˌspoʊkən/

soft-spoken adjective: having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly.

Adjective

soft-spoken (comparative more soft-spoken, superlative most soft-spoken)

  1. Having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly.
    • He was a soft-spoken fellow who loved children and dogs.
    • My uncle was a lovely man, and soft-spoken with his delightful Manx accent.

soft-spoken meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

soft-spoken in Tamil

இன்னயமான குரலுடைய

soft-spoken in Urdu

having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly
نرم گفتار narm guftār

soft-spoken in Kannada

ಮೃದುಭಾಷಿ, ಮಧುರಭಾಷಿ

Forms of soft-spoken

comparativemore soft-spoken
superlativemost soft-spoken
alternative formsoftspoken

Questions about soft-spoken

What does soft-spoken mean?
Soft-spoken means having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly.
What is soft-spoken in Tamil?
Soft-spoken in Tamil is இன்னயமான குரலுடைய. See Soft-spoken meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soft-spoken?
Soft-spoken is an adjective.
How do you pronounce soft-spoken?
Soft-spoken is pronounced /ˈsɒftˌspəʊkən/ (UK).

Words near soft-spoken in the dictionary

  1. soft-shoe
  2. soft-soap
  3. soft-soaped
  4. soft-soaping
  5. soft-soaps
  6. soft-spoken
  7. soft-sub
  8. soft-subbed
  9. soft-subbing
  10. soft-subs
  11. soft-verge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: soft-spoken (page history and authors); soft-spoken (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soft-spoken (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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