Oh (sayes the fellowe softly in his eare) you marre all the play.
The best meanes of preuenting leakage, is to let three or foure shouels full of earth fall softly downe, by the inner side of the flood-gate, which will quurt vp his chinkes.
We arranged that Tom should put Mag on at the left wing, and then run round behind, and call Mag softly from the right.
He took a light and went softly up the ladder into the loft, and, to his great satisfaction, found the others asleep.
The snow fell softly on the roof, and on the walls of the old church outside, and on the pavement of the street of the poet's native town, and the night passed and the day came.
Now, if you hold it horizontally, and softly tap the side that is opposite to the hole, an immense number of perfect rings can be produced from one mouthful of smoke.
She let her eyes rest for a moment or two upon the kneeling boy, then went softly away.
In the long intervals of stillness, not even the softlyaudible breathing of young creatures asleep was to be heard.
Miss Letitia was silent, when the new nurse softly parted the curtains--looked in--and drew them together again.
He goes softly poking about among bushes and brambles, and under rocks, and behind old wooden houses.
He looked up with sharp but not unkind scrutiny of his visitor as, cap in hand, the boy softly closed the door and stood awaiting his notice.
The wind whispered ever so softly in the lower parts of the valley and seemed to make no sound whatever save in the woods.
Softly--softly he raised one hand from the ground; softly, softly he raised a foot.
Belllounds softly left the room and closed the door behind him.
Wade hesitated; then stooping low, he softly swept aside the intervening boughs of spruce, glided out of the thicket into the open.
It was not long until her own hand softlyfell upon his and clasped it.
Down in the lowlands twilight had come, softly gray.
As the door closed softlybehind her, Ethelwynne lifted her tear-wet face.
She stepped across to the door and closed the transom softly just as the next weird line hissed out above the tumult and then sank into its smothering welter and moan of vowels.
And now Berta was having fun at the spread, and it must be near ten o'clock, for the watchman had already shuffled softly past and turned the gas still lower.
One of the hilarious ghosts who were weaving spells under the evergreens happened to glance in through a great softly shining window and recognized the drooping head above a long deserted table between the shelves of books.
Laura took one step toward her, next two away; finally setting her teeth resolutely she glided softly across the room and patted the bent, dark head.
Through the window she could see a great star hanging above the peak of a shadowy evergreen that stirred softly to and fro against the fading sky.
She walked slowly through the long apartment, glancing into alcove after alcove only to find every chair occupied on both sides of the polished tables that gleamed softly in the gaslight.
Once they paddled softly around the little island at the end, and a colony of baby mud-turtles went scrambling madly from a log into the water.
In cages of transparent fibre, glowing insects as large as a hand hummedsoftly and continuously.
The wind softly blew to and fro, and she slept on; her white cotton mantle and garments were made light for the journey, and thus the wind played with them as it listed over her prostrate form.
Naught found they save the precious wands and the garments all softly laid thereupon, of their beloved Maidens of the Seed.
There they breathed into these things the prayers and over them softly intoned the incantations which had been taught them in the new time of the world.
Several times I thought I heard footsteps stealing softly up the stairs.
Arming myself with a rug and a pipe, I stole softly upstairs.
He said no more but slowly and softly kissed her on her ear, as he had so often teased her by doing in those old days.
She approached softly and placed her hand on his shoulder and left it there for a minute.
Once or twice Emma stole softly in to find her with hand under a cheek, now rather pale, and with red lips half-smiling as if in a pleasant dream.
Ben nodded understandingly and Edna crept softly up the stairs.
She closed her eyes and presently heard Emma tip-toeing about the room, softly drawing down the shades.
Edna put up a hand and softly stroked the cheek above the curled grey whisker, and even a part of the whisker itself.
Need I tell how Captain Peck Was the last to leave the wreck, How the good ship perished, or How he brought them safe to shore, Landing, after all his men, Clucking softly like a hen?
One fine Sunday Captain Peek Stalked along the lower deck, Pausing now and then to stare, Poking here and scratching there, Like a pullet in her prime Clucking softly all the time.
I used to hear a vast about it from poor Will Softly of Friday Street.
George then shut the door, and walked softly across to the great door leading out into the garden.
He was standing irresolutely on the steps when Jack came hack from the rose garden, whistling softly an old love-song and smiling fatuously to himself.
Behind the vines a girl's voice, speaking rapidly and softly with a laugh running all through the tones, hushed as suddenly as does a wild bird's twitter when strange steps approach.
Her hair was a soft gold such as one sees sometimes upon the head of a child or in the pictures of angels, and it was cut short and curled in distracting little rings about her head, and framedsoftly her smooth forehead.
One thing favored the young whale hunters, and that was the fact that the whales were taking things very softly and slowly, their big bodies barely moving through the water.
Nor did Juarez mind the heat, as with the jumper fastened over his brown naked shoulders, and bare head, he went busily about the engine-room whistling softly to himself.
Jim, turning in the saddle and looking down the line, each one riding jauntily and easily through the rapidly falling snow thatsoftly flaked their weather-hued faces and starred the coats of their horses.
As she went softly up stairs my eyes followed her, and I said to myself, This is one of your religious ones, is it, that I have so often joined in jeering at?
Then, unable to find the door in the dark, they walked softly round the building, trying to see what was going on inside through the stained-glass windows.
On the left lay low hills softlyoutlined against the pearly sky; hills of fairyland that might dissolve and disappear with the falling night; hills on the borderland of fantasy and old romance.
Suddenly he became aware that someone was crying softly near him, and, turning his head, found that it was Pinkey, who was holding his arm and guiding his steps.
The policeman, a young man, embarrassed by the sight of this half-dressed woman, swore softly to himself.
Evidently Mrs. Horne thought so, for she and the Widow Brown cried softly and without ceasing.
Daniel Boone folded his cards and stole softly out of the room.
After an interval, Baptismo turned away and went softlyto his own bed.
I want to know-- THE BLACK HEN [Who has softlydrawn near.
THE PINE-TREE [Softly beating time with one of its boughs.
How beautiful he is, with drooping neck and softly ruffled throat-feathers!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "softly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: delicately; easily; gently; low; pianissimo; piano; quietly; softly; tenderly; weakly
