laugh softly

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   laugh quietly or with restraint

   Synonymschucklechortle

   Broaderlaugh

Questions about laugh softly

What does laugh softly mean?

laugh softly means "laugh quietly or with restraint".

What is another word for laugh softly?

Close synonyms include chuckle, chortle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is laugh softly a common word?

laugh softly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.