Synonyms for sweetly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : sweet

Phonetic Transcription : swit

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Définition of sweetly

Origin : Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings," from Proto-Germanic *swotijaz (cf. Old Saxon swoti, Swedish söt, Danish sød, Middle Dutch soete, Dutch zoet, Old High German swuozi, German süß), from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (Sanskrit svadus "sweet;" Greek hedys "sweet, pleasant, agreeable," hedone "pleasure;" Latin suavis "sweet," suadere "to advise," properly "to make something pleasant to").
To be sweet on someone is first recorded 1690s. Sweet-talk (v.) dates from 1935; earliest uses seem to refer to conversation between black and white in segregated U.S. Sweet sixteen first recorded 1767. Sweet dreams as a parting to one going to sleep is attested from 1898, short for sweet dreams to you, etc. Sweet and sour in cooking is from 1723 and not originally of oriental food.

adv in a sweet manner
adv with a sweet sound

Example sentences :

How sweetly he sang to the mother bird while she sat upon the nest!
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

Oh, how sweetly were those fair evenings spent,—the evenings of happy June!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Perhaps you don't understand," admitted Mrs. Hallam sweetly.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Yes, they were indeed the accents which had fallen so sweetly on his heart at the Hague.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

Folk who have sung so sweetly together should not fight thereafter.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Blanche had sweetly asked her for permission to sit down beside her.
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

"I quite agree with you as to the benefit of a good school," Jan said sweetly.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

She went out of her way to be as sweetly gracious as possible.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Of course, and we were calculating that you would," said Mary sweetly.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

But when it actually confronted them it was sweetly declined.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

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