sweetly
Syllables: sweet·ly/ˈswiːtli/
sweetly adverb: with a sweet taste or aroma.
Adverb
sweetly (comparative sweetlier or more sweetly, superlative sweetliest or most sweetly)
- With a sweet taste or aroma.
- In a sweet or pleasant manner.
- "No, Auntie," said Hardman, sweetly, seriously.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 232
- "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.2006, Carmen Portnoy, The Money Pie: A Recipe for Women Investors, page 6
- 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.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21
sweetly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
sweetly in Hindi
- मधुरता से
sweetly in Tamil
- இனிமையுடன், இன்னயத்துடன், கவர்ச்சியாக
sweetly in Malayalam
- മധുരമായി
sweetly in Kannada
- ಸಿಯ್ಯನೆ, ಇಮ್ಮನೆ
Examples of sweetly in a sentence
- When Avery looked up at her from her tea, my mother said sweetly, “Pardon my français.”
- But I smiled sweetly instead and offered her another piece of Doberge cake.
- At least my honeypot knows who's boss.” Smiling sweetly, Honeypot took the pitcher, topped off his beer.
Forms of sweetly
| comparative | sweetlier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sweetly |
| superlative | sweetliest |
| superlative | most sweetly |
Origin of sweetly
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”).
Questions about sweetly
- What does sweetly mean?
- Sweetly means with a sweet taste or aroma.
- What is sweetly in Hindi?
- Sweetly in Hindi is मधुरता से. See Sweetly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sweetly?
- Sweetly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce sweetly?
- Sweetly is pronounced /ˈswiːtli/.
Words near sweetly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweetly (page history and authors); sweetly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweetly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweetly (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweetly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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