ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Softspoken

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Softspoken is an adjective meaning Alternative form of soft-spoken.

Meaning

Alternative form of soft-spoken.

Example Sentences

In fact, this educator, lawyer, editor, composer, author, poet, and diplomat [James Weldon Johnson] would become a sturdy fulcrum for black America's transition in 1916 from the softspoken conformity and accommodation of the Booker T. Washington era to a vigorous militant idealism that targeted no less than full equality.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soft-hearted, softminded, gentlehearted, lowpitched, tender-minded, soft-core.

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