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- adjective Somewhat soft.
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- adjective Somewhat
soft .
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- adjective somewhat soft
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Examples
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The lead didn't last long, Hull were given a freekick after a 'softish' foul by Nemanja Vidic.
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He likes it softish, and hopefully that's what he going to get this Saturday.
Owner Clive Smith says Master Minded is ready to bounce back Greg Wood 2010
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There is a far less graphic section later in the chapter that is kissing and petting, but the high end of PG-13 to a softish R rating, nothing explicit in that part.
Fic Update amberfocus 2008
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Simmer it until the sweet potatoes are softish--about 15 minutes.
Shrimp mango sweet potato curry recipe (What if No One's Watching?) 2009
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The time given in the recipe was perfect for the carrots, but the potatoes, while they seemed softish coming out of the steamer, ended up harder than I would have liked and while edible, not the most pleasant of things.
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The time given in the recipe was perfect for the carrots, but the potatoes, while they seemed softish coming out of the steamer, ended up harder than I would have liked and while edible, not the most pleasant of things.
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I boiled them up till softish and added black cardamom pods 2 or 3, one kaffir lime leaf and cooked till done.
Food before I forget Jes 2008
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I boiled them up till softish and added black cardamom pods 2 or 3, one kaffir lime leaf and cooked till done.
Archive 2008-11-01 Jes 2008
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After a softish launch -- issues in September and December -- the plan is for the mag to go monthly.
<i>Journal</i>'s Tina Gaudoin Makes the Argument for New Glossy 2008
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On the first day much faeces passed from the bowels along with a copious flux; and on the following days he passed many watery stools of a green color; urine thin, scanty, and deficient in color; respiration rare, large, at long intervals; softish distention of the hypochondrium, of an oblong form, on both sides; continued palpitation in the epigastric region throughout; passed urine of an oily appearance.
Of The Epidemics 2007
fbharjo commented on the word softish
as opposed to hardish
July 12, 2012