The dog whimpered softly with the slightest sounds of wind.
He closed the door softly so as not to wake the sleeping baby.
Since "softly" is a word to describe something, it is usually used like this: "The young girl laid the kitten on the pillow softly." Words ending in "ly" can usually be placed anywhere in the sentence... *(But it depends on how it sounds)
the child gave a grin after having a super chocolate Sunday
The word 'softly' is not a pronoun. The word 'softly' is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.Example: Mother sang softly to the baby.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.Example: Mother picked up the baby and sang softly to him. ( the pronoun 'him' takes the place of the noun 'baby' in the second part of the sentence)
Whisper.
The dog whimpered because it was in pain.
He closed the door softly so as not to wake the sleeping baby.
The word "whimpered" is the past participle, past tense of the verb "to whimper", a word for an action.The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective, a word used to describe a noun.Example functions:My dog whimpered when we entered the vet's office. (verb, what my dog did)The boy's whimpered excuse did not move the teacher. (adjective, describes the noun "excuse")
I moaned, groaned and whimpered quietly as we walked up the hill.
The zephyr blew the leaves very softly.
Softly is a adjectiveI softly touched the leaf with my finger.Softly is an adverb. In the above sentence it adds information about the verb touch
The actor looked at the audience serenely and spoke to them softly.
They spoke softly to the sheep.
The tree leaves rustled softly in the warm summer breeze.
She is in pain, please be sure to touch her softly.
The predicate in the sentence is "sang softly to her," which is describing the action (sang) that the subject (the fiddle) is performing.
The sentence uses the poetic device of alliteration, with the repeated "s" sound in "softly," "rustled," and "stream."