Leathery and Soft

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Leathery adjective - Not easily chewed.

Usage example: the leathery meat served in the cafeteria drove many of us to start bringing our own lunches

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Soft is an antonym for leathery in hard topic.

Nearby Words: leather, leathered, leathern

Soft adjective - Not loud in pitch or volume.

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Leathery is an antonym for soft.

Nearby Words: soften, softness, softly, softening, softie

Surprisingly Jet's arm is depicted as synthetic, but made of soft yielding materials almost leathery in nature.

Source: Artificial Limbs

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