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sweet as

sweet as adjective: wonderful, extremely good.

Adjective

sweet as (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) Wonderful, extremely good.
    • His new car is sweet as.

Origin of sweet as

Ellipsis of (sweet) as hell or similar.

Questions about sweet as

What does sweet as mean?
Sweet as means wonderful, extremely good.
What part of speech is sweet as?
Sweet as is an adjective.

Words near sweet as in the dictionary

  1. sweet alyssums
  2. sweet and sour
  3. sweet anise
  4. sweet annie
  5. sweet annies
  6. sweet as
  7. sweet as a nut
  8. sweet as candy
  9. sweet as pie
  10. sweet azalea
  11. sweet azaleas

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