sweetly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈswiːtli/

Definition of sweetly

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
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adv

  1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
  2. 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.”
  3. 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.”

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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”).

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