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- adjective
superlative form ofsoft : mostsoft .
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Examples
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Maureen Lipman has written a great piece on the book and on the late, great Linda's consummate skill, being funny without being nasty, "the talons gloved as they were in softest pink flannelette"
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Maureen Lipman has written a great piece on the book and on the late, great Linda's consummate skill, being funny without being nasty, "the talons gloved as they were in softest pink flannelette"
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The softest are the close-textured sponges; for, by the way, the so-called sponges of Achilles are harder than these.
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CROOKS at a troubletorn jail dubbed the softest in Scotland are looking forward to a slap-up Chinese dinner.
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Although many scientists consider the social sciences to be the "softest" or "least pure" of all disciplines, the empirical evidence that Ariely uses to prove or disprove his hypotheses really brings to life these themes.
Books 2009
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Although many scientists consider the social sciences to be the "softest" or "least pure" of all disciplines, the empirical evidence that Ariely uses to prove or disprove his hypotheses really brings to life these themes.
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And partly because in fact even some of the allegedly "softest" sciences, namely the social sciences, actually are just as statistically replicable - and therefore just as scientifically "hard" - as physics according to one study I saw referenced in I think New Scientist.
RRTeaching Rosie Redfield 2008
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Although many scientists consider the social sciences to be the "softest" or "least pure" of all disciplines, the empirical evidence that Ariely uses to prove or disprove his hypotheses really brings to life these themes.
This Blog 2008
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Although many scientists consider the social sciences to be the "softest" or "least pure" of all disciplines, the empirical evidence that Ariely uses to prove or disprove his hypotheses really brings to life these themes.
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And always they sent back the taunting whistle of engineers breathing again after the perils of the "softest" place on the line.
The Return of Blue Pete Luke Allan
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