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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.]
     The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness,
     and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.]
     The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness,
     and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  softness
       n 1: the property of giving little resistance to pressure [ant: hardness]
       2: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
          [ant: volume]
       3: a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is
          not something permitted of good leaders"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     n.
     The quality of being soft.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     n.
     The quality of being soft.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     n.
     The quality of being soft.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     n.
     The quality of being soft.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     Englanti n.
     pehmeys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  softness
     Engelska n.
     mjukhet; naiv eftergivenhet

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  softness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst softness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  النعومة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/ 
  hebkost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/ 
  měkkost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  Milde 
           Note: des Klimas
     Synonym: balminess
  
           Note: of the climate

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  Nachgiebigkeit , Sanftheit 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  Weichheit 

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  mekoća

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  softness /sˈɒftnəs/
  1. lágyság
  2. enyheség
  3. puhaság

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  softness /sɔftnəs/
  malsheid, weekheid, zachtheid

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  softness //ˈsɑftnəs// //ˈsɒftnəs// //ˈsɔftnəs// 
  mjukhet
  the quality of being soft

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɔfnəs/, /ˈsɔftnəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  194 Moby Thesaurus words for "softness":
     acceptance, adynamia, airiness, anemia, ascent, atony,
     blah feeling, bloodlessness, bubbliness, buoyancy, cachexia,
     cachexy, carelessness, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness,
     clemency, clementness, commodiousness, compassion, convenience,
     cowardice, cowardliness, coziness, cullibility, cushioniness,
     daintiness, debilitation, debility, deceivability, decrescendo,
     delicacy, dimness, doughiness, down, downiness, dullness,
     dupability, easiness, easygoingness, ethereality, etiolation,
     faintheart, faintheartedness, faintness, fatigue, fear,
     feeblemindedness, feebleness, filminess, fine-grainedness,
     fineness, flabbiness, flaccidity, flatness, fleshiness,
     floatability, fluff, fluffiness, foaminess, fondness, forbearance,
     forbearing, forcelessness, friendliness, frothiness, fuzz,
     fuzziness, gentleness, gossameriness, greenness, gullibility,
     henheartedness, hoaxability, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness,
     hospitality, humaneness, humanity, impotence, impotency,
     imprecision, impuissance, indifference, indistinctness, infirmity,
     ingenuousness, lack of weight, languishment, languor, lassitude,
     laxity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity,
     levitation, levity, lightness, lily-liveredness, listlessness,
     looseness, loosening, lowness, luxuriousness, mashiness,
     mercifulness, mercy, mildness, milksopism, milksoppiness,
     milksoppishness, moderateness, mushiness, naiveness, naivete,
     naivety, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pastel,
     pastel color, pastiness, patience, peace, peacefulness, peach fuzz,
     permissiveness, persuadability, pigeonheartedness, pithiness, pity,
     power vacuum, powerlessness, prostration, pubescence, pulpiness,
     pulpousness, refinement, relaxation, relaxedness, remissness,
     reposefulness, restfulness, roominess, satin, satininess,
     seduceability, silk, silkiness, simpleness, simplicity, slackness,
     sloppiness, sluggishness, smoothness, snugness, soft color,
     softheartedness, sponginess, squashiness, strengthlessness,
     subaudibility, subduedness, subtle color, succulence,
     tender feeling, tenderheartedness, tenderness, timidity, timidness,
     timorousness, tolerance, unclearness, unheaviness, unmanfulness,
     unmanliness, unrestraint, unsophistication, velvet, velvetiness,
     volatility, warm heart, warmheartedness, warmness, weak-mindedness,
     weakheartedness, weakliness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness,
     yeastiness, yellowness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 柔和,温柔;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 柔和,温柔

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