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# softness

«softness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being soft to touch: easy to press, smooth and gentle…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (softness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Softness is being soft to touch: easy to press, smooth and gentle, like a pillow or a kitten's fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#m1)

2) Softness is being quiet or gentle in sound or light: the softness of her voice, the softness of candlelight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#m2)

3) Softness is also gentleness and kindness in a person; sometimes it means being too weak or not strict enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons softness is a property of materials, compared with hardness (a material is soft if it is easily scratched or squashed). In stories it describes feelings, fabrics, voices and light. Phrases: "the softness of", "softness of heart".

### examples

- I love the softness of my new blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x1)
- We tested the softness of different materials by pressing them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x2)
- The softness of her voice calmed the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x3)
- Talc is famous for its softness; you can scratch it with a fingernail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x4)
- The softness of the morning light woke me gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x5)
- The coach said his softness with the team made them lazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x6)
- The kitten's fur has an amazing softness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x7)
- In spite of the softness of the bed, he was very glad when morning came at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: no plural. Formed from soft + -ness. Opposite: hardness, roughness. In science, "soft" means easily scratched or shaped, not just nice to touch.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «softness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.