Quietly spoken

[Freeguy]

He's a tall, quietly spoken, but imposing figure.

this example came from Longman dictionary. I'm not familiar with ........ , adverb + p.p , ...... . structure. How "spoken" can refer to the person.? Can you give me more example?

thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

He's a tall, quietly spoken, but imposing figure.

This example came from Longman dictionary. I'm not familiar with ........ , adverb + p.p , ...... . structure. How can "spoken" [strike]can[/strike] refer to [strike]the[/strike] a person? Can you give me more examples?

Thanks.

Please see my amendments above in red.

If a person is "quietly spoken", they speak quietly [almost] all the time. This is similar to "well dressed" or "nicely spoken" and many others.

 

[MikeNewYork]

He's a tall, quietly spoken, but imposing figure.

this example came from Longman dictionary. I'm not familiar with ........ , adverb + p.p , ...... . structure. How "spoken" can refer to the person.? Can you give me more example?

thanks

"Soft spoken" is more common than "quietly spoken", at least in AmE.

 

[Freeguy]

You are quite right. All of your amendments are absolutely correct. I was being rather hasty.
Thanks again.