sweetly
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/ˈswiːtli/
Definition of sweetly
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
- With a sweet taste or aroma.
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adv
- With a sweet taste or aroma.
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In a sweet or pleasant manner.
“"No, Auntie," said Hardman, sweetly, seriously.”
“"Hey, Sis, do yah want a Hertz Donut?" one of them sweetly said as the other one held out a donut bag. She reached for it. Her step-sister snatched the bag away and socked her hard in the arm instead. "Hurts, Don't it?" they chime, laughing at her pain.”
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Nicely; finely; excellently.
“Sitting in the seat with the engine off before that day, the gears slid in so sweetly, and double de-clutching was so easy, I had done it a million times.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English swetly, swetely, sweteliche, from Old English swētlīċe (“sweetly; pleasantly”), equivalent to sweet + -ly. Cognate with Old High German swuozlīhho (“sweetly”), Icelandic sætlega (“sweetly; with gratitude”), German süßlich (“sweetish; sugary”), Dutch zoetelijk (“sentimental”).
Words you can make from sweetly
90 playable · top: STEWY (11 pts)
Best play stewy 11 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
36 words- WYES 10 pts
- WYLE 10 pts
- WYTE 10 pts
- YEWS 10 pts
- EELY 7 pts
- EWES 7 pts
- EYES 7 pts
- LEYS 7 pts
- LYES 7 pts
- LYSE 7 pts
- SLEW 7 pts
- STEW 7 pts
- STEY 7 pts
- STYE 7 pts
- TEWS 7 pts
- TWEE 7 pts
- TYEE 7 pts
- TYES 7 pts
- WEEL 7 pts
- WEES 7 pts
- WEET 7 pts
- WELT 7 pts
- WEST 7 pts
- WETS 7 pts
- YEET 7 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LEST 4 pts
- LETS 4 pts
- SEEL 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TELS 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
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