soft vs hard vs rough
Definitions
adjective
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
adverb
- in a relaxed manner; or without hardship
Examples
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
That which is soft and effeminate, which is calculated to excite the passions, by multitudes of ambiguous expressions, (not the less dangerous for being so cloaked) should be considered by Christians as an abuse the more deplorable, as it has even been censured and condemned by the pagans.
Definitions
adjective
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
adverb
- indulging excessively
- earnestly or intently
- with effort or force or vigor
- very near or close in space or time
- with pain or distress or bitterness
Examples
Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living.
You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
A lot of human nature can be traced to instinctive behaviors evolved in harder times.
