Definitions

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  • adjective Too soft; too quiet.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ soft

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Examples

  • He mixed drinks for himself and the others, and everyone sat on the broad, oversoft chairs.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • She took full advantage of the large, oversoft chairs.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • Maigret was stifling in the oversoft chair, in the boudoir whose blue was becoming unbearable to him.

    Maigret Hesitates Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1969

  • Thinking about them may stiffen up this oversoft Muse of his. "

    Roads from Rome 1901

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