softly-softly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for softly-softly in the English»French Dictionary

softly-softly [Brit, Am ˌsɔf(t)liˈsɔf(t)li] ADJ

softly-softly approach:

softly-softly

ultraprudent

to take a softly-softly approach

prendre des gants

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il faut être prudent

Translations for softly-softly in the French»English Dictionary

I.piano [pjano] N m

1. piano (instrument):

piano

piano

jouer qc au piano

to play sth on the piano

se mettre au piano (s'asseoir)

to sit down at the piano

se mettre au piano (apprendre)

to take up the piano

2. piano (passage joué doucement):

piano

piano passage

3. piano (fourneau de restaurant):

piano inf

cooker Brit

piano inf

stove

II.piano [pjano] ADV

1. piano MUS:

piano

piano

2. piano (doucement):

piano fig, inf

softly-softly Brit inf

piano fig, inf

gently

vas-y piano

take it easy

III.piano [pjano]

piano acoustique

acoustic piano

piano bastringue

honky-tonk piano

piano de concert

concert grand (piano)

piano crapaud

small baby grand

piano demi-queue

boudoir grand Brit

piano demi-queue

parlor grand Am

piano droit

upright piano

piano électrique

electric piano

piano mécanique

Pianola ®

piano mécanique

player piano

piano numérique

player piano

piano quart de queue

baby grand

piano à queue

grand piano

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English

It's an impressive progression from the softly-softly opening to the outright laughter, like a zero-to-sixty of bad parenting.

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His interview technique is the opposite of softly-softly.

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There's a lot to be said for the softly-softly approach of long-termism, as long as one is aware of what's going on.

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But look at the number of adults who are suffering from depression and anxiety today and ask yourself: softly-softly -- is it helping or harming?

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And often it does, in my view, more harm to the children than if they'd taken a more softly-softly approach and dealt with the issue in my view appropriately.

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His softly-softly approach, says the police officer, is dictated by the nature of the people smuggling business.

europe.newsweek.com

Unfortunately this softly-softly approach was certain to eventually run into a brick wall.

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At the moment they don't because of lenient sentencing policies and softly-softly policing.

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