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形容詞

soothy (comparative soothier or more soothy, superlative soothiest or most soothy)

1. (informal) Characterised by ease, comfort, or relaxation; soothing
   • 1970, Punch, volume 259, page 27:

     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.

   • 2006, R. T. Smith, Uke Rivers Delivers, page 117:

     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.

   • 2009, Alan Robbins, Following the Trail of Blood:

     What a soothy sound to my ears. For a moment those words almost erased the dislocation of my tumble.

アナグラム

• shooty

語源 2

From sooth +‎ -y.

形容詞

soothy (comparative soothier or more soothy, superlative soothiest or most soothy)

1. (rare, archaic) Faithful; reliable; trustworthy
   • 1859, William Whitmore (the Younger.), Gilbert Marlowe and other poems:

     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 […]

アナグラム

• shooty