Modifies a noun

• man: Style: A brash man in a Hawaiian shirt will be treated differently to a soft-spoken man in a tailored business suit.

• way: This means that Arnold has to roll up his sleeve and in his own dogged, soft-spoken way, save the day.

• gentleman: The man who kept it all running was a soft-spoken, white-haired gentleman, John McKenzie, the chief engineer.

• blue: Alabama soft-spoken blues again, Alabama soft-spoken blues again.