sweetly

[US]/ˈs wi:tlɪ/
[UK]/'switli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a pleasing, melodious manner; in a charmingly affectionate way; very pleasantly or tenderly; to a high degree or greatly

Phrases & Collocations

sings sweetly

smile sweetly

sleep sweetly

speaks sweetly

Example Sentences

The child sang as sweetly as a nightingale.

Daisy was smiling sweetly at him.

She was sixteen and sweetly innocent.

how sweetly he would repose in the four-poster bed.

Mr. Bosher, with his mouthful of biscuit, mumbled that it was sweetly pretty.

Delicate pink add fruity and lovely corallite bead, such acting the role of article sleeve of tie-in and bubbly bubble, falbala, exceed short miniskirt, bobby baby temperament adds cent sweetly!

Real-world Examples

From the sweetly inspirational to the hilariously cynical.

Source: Love, Actually (Video Version)

" Thank you, " she said sweetly, deliberately misunderstanding his jibe.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Well, there is now, " she said sweetly.

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

" Your own" ? she said sweetly. " You betrayed me" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

How sweetly smells the new-mown hay!

Source: UK original primary school Chinese language class

" I am not a weed, " the flower replied, sweetly.

Source: The Little Prince

" It will be done, Your Worship. Would you have me question them sweetly, or sharply" ?

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

" Thank you, Argus, " she said sweetly.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

" But my father, he will never give his permission, " she said sweetly.

Source: Coco

She was so excited it became difficult to talk sweetly to him.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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