英和和英

読み方 そっと

副詞

1

（＝静かに）softly; gently; lightly; tenderly; gingerly

用例

• 人が目を覚ますといけないからそっと歩け
  Tread softly lest you should awaken anybody!

• そっと歩いたから誰も知らなかった
  Nobody noticed my soft tread.
• そっと家を出た
  I stole out of the house with soft steps―with stealthy steps.
• そっと下ろせ
  Lay it down gently!
• そっと肩を叩いた
  I gave him a light tap on the shoulder.
• 子どもをそっと抱き上げた
  I took the child tenderly in my arms.
• 痛い所へ触れるようにそっと扱う
  to handle anything gingerly
• 子どもをそっと寝かしておけ
  Leave the child asleep, as it is.

2

（＝密かに）secretly; in secret; in private; in confidence; by stealth, stealthily; furtively; on the sly

用例

• 彼にそっと知らせた
  I told him in secret―in private―in confidence.

• 彼の室へそっと忍び込んだ
  I stole into his room.
• どさくさまぎれにそっと家を抜け出た
  Benefiting by the confusion. I stole out of the house.
• 彼はどうしても聞かないからそっと金を握らせた
  As he would not listen to me, I slipped a coin into his hand.
• 男が女の袂へそっと手紙を入れた
  He slipped a letter into her sleeve.
• 彼はそっと人の顔を覗く
  He looks furtively in your face
  He casts furtive glances on people.
• 彼は隣の人の答案をそっと覗いた
  He peeped at his neighbour's paper.
• 酒盛りが容易に済みそうもないからそっと帰って来た
  As they seemed in no hurry to leave off drinking, I took French leave.

読み方 そっと

名詞

The beach; a land's end

• 普天の下卒土の浜ことごとく王土ならざるはなし
  Every inch of ground within the realm owns its lord in the Emperor.