soft-spoken

Speech parts

1. soft-spoken - Adjective

2. soft-spoken - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.

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Examples

I didnt want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat. Truman Capote

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi - all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to. Susan Cain

"Instead of change, please give me gun so i can shoot you." She is soft-spoken but short and full of rage lately, like her whole life. Daniel Handler

I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums. Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society. Rollo May

A soft-spoken compliment is honied poison. Latin Proverb

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