Definition of SWEETLY

sweetly

Adverb

  • In a sweet or pleasing manner.
  • in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); ; - Shakespeare
    • "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"

Adv

  • With a sweet taste or aroma.
  • In a sweet or pleasant manner.
  • Nicely; finely; excellently.

Examples

  • His bingo landed SWEETLY on the triple word score, clinching the Scrabble game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English swetly, swetely, sweteliche, from Old English swētlīċe (“sweetly; pleasantly”), equivalent to sweet + -ly. Cognate with Old High German swuozlīhho (“sweetly”), Icelandic sætlega (“sweetly; with gratitude”), German süßlich (“sweetish; sugary”), Dutch zoetelijk (“sentimental”).

Synonyms

sweet

Scrabble Score: 13

sweetly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sweetly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sweetly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

sweetly: valid Words With Friends Word