forcibly vs softly

forcibly

adv
  • In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly. 

  • In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will. 

softly

adv
  • In a soft manner; gently. 

  • Not loudly; nearly inaudibly. 

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