English Explanatory Dictionary

sweetly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
  2. In a sweet or pleasant manner.
  3. Nicely; finely; excellently.

Pronunciation

/ˈswiːtli/ en-us-sweetly.ogg

Word forms

sweetly sweetlier more sweetly sweetliest most sweetly

Etymology

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”).

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