/?sɑ?ft.li?sɑ?ft.li/softly-softly approachIf you take a softly-softlyapproach, youtrytosolveaproblemin aquietandreasonableway.冷静而理智的方法，耐心谨慎的方法SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWise and sensible
be a victory for common senseidiom
cannily
canny
clear-headed
discerning
long-sightedness
method
neat
neatly
no flies onsomeoneidiom
responsibility
responsible
responsibly
right-minded
sagacious
well advised
wily
wisdom
wise
wisely
See more results ?(Definition ofsoftly-softlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsoftly-softly
softly-softlySadly, it seems that thesoftly-softlyapproach has not been effective.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thesoftly-softlyapproach to these problems is no longer an option.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishHissoftly-softly, slowly-slowly, "over a generation we will sort this out" policy is all very well, but those people need the cash now.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0This report admittedly takes a relativelysoftly-softlyapproach, but the underlying message is there.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/softly-softly##
