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sweetly

/ˈswiːtli/ adverb B1
  1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
  2. In a sweet or pleasant manner.
  3. Nicely; finely; excellently.

Comparative sweetlier · Superlative sweetliest

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These green and sweetly smelling crops
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 12 · C1
“I’m sure you will,” said Delia, sweetly.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 4 · C1
At the end of the week Delia, sweetly proud but languid, triumphantly tossed three five-dollar bills on the 8×10 (inches) centre table of the 8×10 (feet) flat parlour.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 4 · C1
They will say anything--even that thou hast lost all thy teeth, and wilt not face anything bigger than a kid, because (they are indeed shameless, these Bandar-log)--because thou art afraid of the he-goat’s horns,” Bagheera went on sweetly.
The Jungle Book, p. 43 · B2

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