sweetly
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweetly in British English:
UK [ˈswi:tli]
How to pronounce sweetly in American English:
US [ˈswitlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
Word Origin
- sweetly (adv.)
- Old English swetlice; see sweet (adj.) + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. Cowardly , sweetly : a lie .
- 2. They slept sweetly at the babysitter.thank god .
- 3. You talk very sweetly . Come.sit next to me .
- 4. So you think they 're going to turn the beacon system on just because you ask sweetly ?
- 5. But no. the ball rolled sweetly towards the hole , improbably curving round , hovered on the edge of the cup , then tumbled in .