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How to pronounce softly in American English
“softly” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to softly the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“softly” in real sentences — American speakers
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Then softly, softly, the motion begins again.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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banks speak even more softly.
Federal Reserve
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eyes distracted driving we're treating this too softly we're treating distracted drivers too softly once we
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Words that sound like “softly”
Words one sound away from softly — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “softly”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of softly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.