sweetly

«sweetly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: In a kind, gentle and pleasant way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) In a kind, gentle and pleasant way. tree →

2) With a nice, sweet sound or smell. tree →

3) Smoothly and well, as in a ball sweetly struck. tree →

4) (ironic) Pretending to be nice when you are not: «she smiled sweetly and said no». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «sweetly» describes a gentle smile, a sweet voice or song, or flowers that smell sweetly. Sometimes it is sly: a character «smiles sweetly» while planning a trick. In sport talk a ball hit «sweetly» is hit perfectly. Phrases: «smiled sweetly», «sang sweetly», «sweetly scented».

examples

• The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree. (Writings JOB.24.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• The baby smiled sweetly at her grandmother. tree →
• The birds sang sweetly in the morning. tree →
• The roses smelt sweetly in the garden. tree →
• He struck the ball sweetly into the net. tree →
• «No, thank you,» she said sweetly, but she was cross. tree →
• The little boy asked sweetly for another biscuit. tree →
• The little mermaid sang more sweetly than them all. tree →

note

From «sweet» + «-ly». Strictly, «smell sweet» (adjective) is more usual than «smell sweetly». Watch for irony: a «sweetly» spoken line can hide anger or cunning.

In the corpora

• Sitting by the driver, Toad asks sweetly if «she» may try driving, just to tell her friends.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sweetly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.