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softly-softly

softly-softly is the alternative spelling of softly softly.

Meaning of softly softly

Adjective

softly softly (not comparable)

  1. (UK, often hyphenated) Discreet, low-key, careful.
    • Second, this lack of divergence is also the outcome of the EU's softly-softly approach to human rights and democracy in Morocco.2003, Annette Jünemann, Euro-Mediterranean relations after September 11, →ISBN

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Noun

softly-softly (plural softly-softlies)

  1. (regional, western or central Africa) The potto, Perodicticus potto, a primate in the family Lorisidae.

Forms of softly-softly

pluralsoftly-softlies

Questions about softly-softly

What does softly-softly mean?
Softly-softly means the potto, Perodicticus potto, a primate in the family Lorisidae.
What is softly-softly the alternative spelling of?
Softly-softly is the alternative spelling of softly softly.
What part of speech is softly-softly?
Softly-softly is a noun.
What is the plural of softly-softly?
The plural of softly-softly is softly-softlies.

Words near softly-softly in the dictionary

  1. softly softly
  2. softly, softly
  3. softly, softly caught the monkey
  4. softly, softly, catchee monkey
  5. softly-softlies
  6. softly-softly
  7. softmask
  8. softmasked
  9. softmasking
  10. softmasks
  11. softmax

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