softlier

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softlier

  1. (rare, literary, dated) comparative form of softly: more softly
    • 2015, Kirilka Stavreva, Words Like Daggers, page 77:
      Admonished that she should “keep the woman's virtue and be more silent,” she countered “that she was 'born in a mill, begot in a kill, she must have her will,' she could speak no softlier.”

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