softly-softly
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ˌsoftly-ˈsoftly adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE softly-softly approach WAITCAREFULa way of dealing with something or someone which involves being very patient and careful 耐心谨慎的方法 We need to adopt a softly-softly approach with Mike. 我们对迈克要采取耐心谨慎的方法。