carelessly vs softly softly

carelessly

adv
  • Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly. 

  • Done without care or attention; inattentively. 

softly softly

adv
  • In a very tactful, careful, or nondisruptive manner. 

adj
  • Discreet, low-key, careful. 

How often have the words carelessly and softly softly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )