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Is "feels soft to the touch" correct

is "feels soft to the touch" correct??????
  

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Yes. Many people confuse this and say, "feels softly," but that means only being able to experience the sense of touch softly, while "feels soft" means that the object one is feeling has a soft texture or feels soft. " Saying "I feel badly" means that one's sense of touch is not very acute.

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  • Yes.
  • Many people confuse this and say, "feels softly," but that means only being able to experience the sense of touch softly, while "feels soft" means that the object one is feeling has a soft texture or feels soft.
  • " Saying "I feel badly" means that one's sense of touch is not very acute.
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Yes. Many people confuse this and say, "feels softly," but that means only being able to experience the sense of touch softly, while "feels soft" means that the object one is feeling has a soft texture or feels soft.

This conundrum occurs in how one expresses one's state of health, e.g., "I feel bad today." Saying "I feel badly" means that one's sense of touch is not very acute.
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