Softly, 1) gently, quietly, without violence: “his falchion on a flint he s. smiteth,” Lucr. 176. “s., my masters,” Shr. I, 2, 238. Tw. II, 5, 132. Wint. IV, 3, 76. H4B IV, 4, 132. “speak your griefs s.” Caes. IV, 2, 42.
2) low, not loudly: Lucr. 1628. Tp. IV, 194. Tp. IV, 194 Err. V, 9. LLL V, 2, 255. Shr. V, 1, 1. Wint. II, 1, 30. H6A I, 1, 63. H8 IV, 2, 82. Ant. V, 2, 323. Cymb. II, 2, 13.
3) slowly, leisurely: Ado II, 1, 91. As III, 2, 346. Wint. IV, 3, 121. Caes. V, 1, 16. Hml. IV, 4, 8 (Ff safely). Per. IV, 1, 49.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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