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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Softness

/sôf'-tnəs/ · Soft·ness · IPA /ˈsɔftnəs/
01 n. The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.