Usually means: Gentle, cautious, and gradual approach.
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  1. softly-softly: Merriam-Webster
  2. softly-softly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. softly-softly, softly-softly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. softly-softly: Wordnik
  5. softly-softly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. softly-softly: Wiktionary
  7. softly-softly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Softly-softly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Softly-softly: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (regional, western or central Africa) The potto, Perodicticus potto, a primate in the family Lorisidae.
adjective:  Alternative spelling of softly softly [(UK, often hyphenated) Discreet, low-key, careful.]

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