sweetfully
sweetfully adverb: in a sweetful manner.
Adverb
sweetfully (comparative more sweetfully, superlative most sweetfully)
- In a sweetful manner.
- I cannot do this better than in the words of an excellent writer. He forms a fine contraſt by beginning with a deſcription of the Northern parts of Scotland. ‘[…] And all theſe ſongs are ſweetfully and powerfully expreſſive of love and tenderneſs, and other emotions ſuited to the tranquillity of...1783, [John Pinkerton], “A Dissertation on the Comic Ballad”, in Select Scotish Ballads, volume II (Containing Ballads of the Comic Kind), London: […] J. Nichols, pages xxiv and xxvi–xxvii
- And why is this lovely carnation / So sweetfully changing its flush, / More sweet than the quick transformation / In thee, at thine innocent blush?1834, E. G. V., “On Receiving a Nosegay”, in The Dew-drop, a Collection of Poems, London: […] Baylis and Leighton, […], page 145
Examples of sweetfully in a sentence
- And the ruff o’ yar mouth liken onto the best wine for my beloved, as go down sweetfully, makin’ the lips o’ them as air asleep to spake.[1860], Edward Gillett, The Song of Solomon in the Norfolk Dialect. From the Authorised English Version., London: Strangeways & Walden...
- I showed mama your commission, and she agreed with me that it was too sweetfully sweet of you altogether.1882, “Written Expressly for Puck’s Annual by Oscar W-lde”, in Puck’s Annual for 1882, New York, N.Y.: […] Keppler & Schwarzmann:
- “The third verse will be the last,” she said aloud, sweetfully and sorrowfully, then winked broadly at Janet.1920, High School Life, page 53:
- For a moment she felt uneasy, as if she were being trapped by something sweetfully insidious.1920, Charles Caldwell Dobie, chapter IV, in The Blood Red Dawn, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, page 42:
Forms of sweetfully
| comparative | more sweetfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sweetfully |
Origin of sweetfully
From sweetful + -ly.
Questions about sweetfully
- What does sweetfully mean?
- Sweetfully means in a sweetful manner.
- How do you use sweetfully in a sentence?
- And the ruff o’ yar mouth liken onto the best wine for my beloved, as go down sweetfully, makin’ the lips o’ them as air asleep to spake.
- What part of speech is sweetfully?
- Sweetfully is an adverb.
Words near sweetfully in the dictionary
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