sweetness
/ˈswitnəs/ noun B2- The condition of tasting sugary or tasting as if sugary, from either sugar or another sweet-tasting substance. · Near-synonym: saccharinity
- A pleasant disposition; kindness. · Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.
- The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
- A term of address for one's sweetheart.
Plural sweetnesses
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A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.”
It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”
Its very unaccustomedness and sweetness disturbed her.
Again that sudden sensation of startling sweetness thrilled her.
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