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soothy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From soothe + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Characterised by ease, comfort, or relaxation; soothing
    • I saw him once pulling whistlepig spines out of a stray redbone hound, keeping him calm with a soothy voice and holding him off from snapping while the spears came out. You could see he valued what he could do with his hands. 2006, R. T. Smith, Uke Rivers Delivers, page 117:
    • Whenever and whatever you may be up to or at, the right kind of background music and the soothier class of song will get you doing it more happily, more frequently, better perhaps or at greater expense. 1970, Punch, volume 259, page 27:
    • What a soothy sound to my ears. For a moment those words almost erased the dislocation of my tumble. 2009, Alan Robbins, Following the Trail of Blood:

Forms

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soothier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
soothiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
most soothy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more soothy Degree=Cmp lexicographic

soothy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From sooth + -y.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, rare) Faithful; reliable; trustworthy
    • Ministrant spirits, guardian influences, Embosom thee; and wondrous charms and spells Circle thy steps; and soothiest oracles Unfold new lore of life in speech replete With olden wisdom […] 1859, William Whitmore (the Younger.), Gilbert Marlowe and other poems:

Forms

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more soothy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
soothiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
most soothy Degree=Sup lexicographic
soothier Degree=Cmp lexicographic