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softish

(ˈsɒftɪʃ)
adj
rather soft
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Adj.1.softish - somewhat soft
soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
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Eboracum was completing her hat-trick, having scored in softish ground at Hamilton and York in the space of nine days for Easterby.
A best-priced 7-1 for the Oaks, Punctilious would surely be in the shake-up on softish ground.
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"He has schooled well and is suited by softish ground."
POLAR BEAR (W Haggas) Landed some nice bets at Ayr's Western Meeting.The penny took a little while to drop when Tony Culhane asked Polar Bear to go about his business so there could be more improvement to come, especially on a softish surface.
Sahem opened his Flat account when landing a nine-furlong event at Hamilton on softish ground.
"Their second award looked softish and all the boys said the same thing happened to us at the other end but nothing was given."
"He loved the softish ground today and he should come on even more from this," said Willder.