From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsoft-spokenˌsoft-ˈspoken, softly-spoken adjective CQUIEThaving a pleasant quiet voice a soft-spoken man
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soft-spoken• He was also invariably courteous and soft-spoken.• A few defy credibility: Alliance invited for innocent, beautiful, charming, compassionate, sober, soft-spoken and good natured divorcee.• They stopped before him, and a soft-spoken captain materialized from a near-by doorway.• Anyway, since those days I've had a marked preference for small frail soft-spoken dentists like Mr Grover.• And it was hard to reconcile his soft-spoken good manners with the ruthless determination of his business career.• A soft-spoken man off the field, Chief was a fiery competitor on it.• The soft-spoken producer of opera, theater and dance was found dead Saturday morning at his West Hollywood home.• In her soft-spoken way, Elizabeth Dole is as much a political professional as Hillary Clinton.• a tall, soft-spoken woman in her 30s 