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Easily giving way under pressure.

(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.

(quiet)(of a sound) Quiet.

Gentle.

Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.

Gentle in action or motion; easy.

Weak in character; impressible.

Requiring little or no effort; easy.

Not bright or intense.

Having a slight angle from straight.

(phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.

(rare) Voiceless.

(phonology) Palatalized.

(slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.

(slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

(colloquial) Foolish.

(physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)

(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.

(of a man) Effeminate.

Agreeable to the senses.

Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.

(of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

(computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.

(of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.

(of a drink) Not containing alcohol.

Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive. +

(finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.

(pornography) Softcore

(sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements. +

Of paper: unsized.

Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.

Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.

Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.

(followed by ''on'') Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.

(archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

(archaic) A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.

A soft drink.

(motorsports) A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.

(colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.

(rare) A piece of software.

Banknotes.

(obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.