The HIERONIMO Dictionary

soft

Definition:
stop, hold on (Crystal and Crystal 2008)
The speaker lets the interlocutor know the utterance is about to end (Crystal and Crystal 2008)

Category:
Discourse marker - Speaker

Examples:

1
But soft, behold, lo where it comes again!

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To whom: .

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2
But soft, methinks I scent the morning air.

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3
And lose the name of action. Soft you now,

Who speaks: Hamlet.
To whom: Hamlet.
Observation:
"attention signal" in the sense of "Be quiet" by means of which Hamlet ends his monologue as he sees Ophelia (Crystal and Crystal 2008)

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4
Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother.

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To whom: .

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5
But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet?

Who speaks: Hamlet.
To whom: Hamlet.

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6
If this should blast in proof. Soft, let me see.

Who speaks: .
To whom: .

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7
But soft, but soft awhile!

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To whom: .

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