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sweetly (adv.)

Old English swetlice; see sweet (adj.) + -ly (2).

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Definitions of sweetly from WordNet

sweetly (adv.)
in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare;
Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
Synonyms: sweet
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