'Softly' definitions:

Definition of 'softly'

adverb

With low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly" [syn: softly, quietly] [ant: aloud, loud, loudly]

adverb

In a manner that is pleasing to the senses; "she smiled softly"

adverb

With little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: lightly, softly, gently]

adverb

Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly [syn: piano, softly] [ant: forte, loudly]

Definition of 'Softly'

From: GCIDE

Softly \Soft"ly\, adv. In a soft manner. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'softly'

From: Moby Thesaurus

a la sourdine,
compliantly,
delicately,
dimly,
easily,
faintly,
feebly,
gently,
hushedly,
low,
pianissimo,
piano,
sordamente,
sordo,
subduedly,
submissively,
tenderly,
weakly

Words containing 'Softly'

Soft,
Softness,
soft on,
very softly,
Soft cancer,
Soft chancre,
Soft clam,
Soft coal,
Soft crab,
Soft dorsal,
Soft grass,
Soft money,
Soft mute,
Soft palate,
Soft patch,
Soft ray,
Soft sawder,
Soft soap,
Soft solder,
Soft steel,
Soft tortoise,
Soft water,
laugh softly,
soft chess,
soft copy,
soft corn,
soft cover,
soft diet,
soft drink,
soft drug,
soft flag,
soft glass,
soft goods,
soft market,
soft news,
soft option,
soft pedal,
soft pretzel,
soft roe,
soft roll,
soft rot,
soft rush,
soft scale,
soft sell,
soft spoken,
soft spot,
soft tick,
soft touch,
soft wheat,
Soft-finned,
Soft-headed,
Soft-hearted,
Soft-heartedness,
Soft-shell,
Soft-shelled,
Soft-spoken,
Soft-tack,
Tread-softly,
brown soft scale,
creeping soft grass,
soft ice cream,
soft shield fern,
soft tree fern,
soft-boiled,
soft-cover,
soft-footed,
soft-haired,
soft-nosed,
soft-pedal,
soft-shoe,
soft-soap,
soft-solder,
soft-witted,
Soft-shell clam,
Soft-shell tortoise,
Soft-shelled crab,
Soft-shelled crabs,
Soft-shelled turtle,
soft-cast steel,
soft-cover book,
soft-finned fish,
soft-nosed bullets,
soft-shell crab,
soft-shoe dancing,
soft-shoe shuffle,
soft-coated wheaten terrier