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Definition of Sweetly
1. Adverb. In an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly'). "Talking sweet to each other"
Language type: Colloquialism
Category relationships: Poesy, Poetry, Verse
Partainyms: Sweet
Definition of Sweetly
1. adv. In a sweet manner.
Definition of Sweetly
1. Adverb. In a sweet or pleasant manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweetly
1. in a sweet manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetly
Literary usage of Sweetly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"sweetly. О my Luve's like the mélodie That's sweetly play'd in tune. . . S.
A red, red Rose. ... O'er the waves, that sweetly glide To the moon sac clearly. ..."
2. Elizabethan Songs "in Honour of Love and Beautie." by Andrew Lang (1891)
"... thou dost play and sweetly sing, Whether it be the voice or string, Or both
of them, that do agree Thus to entrance and ravish me,— This, this I know, ..."
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