soft-spoken

1. 1.

   having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh

   “she was always soft-spoken”

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Questions about soft-spoken

What does soft-spoken mean?

soft-spoken means "having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh".

How many syllables are in soft-spoken?

soft-spoken has 3 syllables and divides as soft--spo-ken under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is soft-spoken a common word?

soft-spoken is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.