softly Copy link Outline I. Without hardnessII. With mildness1. Lit.2. Fig.III. CalmlyIV. Soothingly, with a winning air (esp. of music)1. blandē2. lēnĭterV. Leisurely, carefully • softly: I. Without hardness: mollĭter: to lie s., m. cubare, recubare, Cic.: Ov. II. With mildness: 1. Lit.: lēnĭter, clēmenter. 2. Fig.: lēnĭter, clēmenter, mansuētē, mītĕ (esp. in comp. or sup.), mollĭter: v. gently. III. Calmly: lēnĭter, plācātē, plăcĭdē, sēdātē, tranquillē: v. calmly. Phr.: to speak s., submissa voce dicere, Cic.: cf. tenere dicere, Tac. Or. 26. IV. Soothingly, with a winning air (esp. of music): 1. blandē: Cic.: Hor. 2. lēnĭter: s. smiling, l. arridens, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, fin.: v. sweetly. V. Leisurely, carefully: lēnĭter, clēmenter, blandē: to walk s. through the sentinels of the watch, l. ire per excubias custodum sequi, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 7: cf. clementer, Pl. Merc. 5, 2, 111: to turn s. the creaking hinge, flectere cardinem moventem blande., Ps. Quint. Decl. 1., 13: v. cautiously, noiselessly, silently.
SOFTLY Copy link • SOFTLYmolliter (general term): leniter, placide: clementer: pacate (gently, mildly, quietly).