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soft-spoken

/ˈsɒftˌspəʊkən/ UK
/ˈsɔftˌspoʊkən/ US

adjective more soft-spoken · most soft-spoken · softspoken

Having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly. He was a soft-spoken fellow who loved children and dogs.

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adj having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly

Deutsch	ruhig sprechend, leise sprechend

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@misc{soft_spoken_2026,
  title = {soft-spoken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft-spoken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}