soft-spoken.

Speaking in a gentle, quiet voice as a usual manner.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a soft-spoken teacher
• a soft-spoken reply

On the page

The soft-spoken engineer stopped the argument with a single practical question.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more soft-spoken; superlative most soft-spoken when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.