sweet
- adverb
- /swiːt/
- He always greets his friends sweetly, making everyone feel welcome and loved.
Examples
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I had an idea one day, so I created it and I sweet talked this guy at my corner store in the Bronx, circa 1972, to sell it.
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She spoke to him sweetly, hoping to ease his worries with her kind words.
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The children giggled as they played sweetly, their laughter filling the air with joy.
Synonyms
In a warm way that shows liking or love
In a kind, gentle, pleasant way
Act in a loving, gentle way that shows you care
In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message
To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together
Compounds
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
- Offensive
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
Dark, sweet wine made stronger with alcohol and flavored with herbs for cocktails
A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night
A garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell
- US
A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers
A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
A European plant with a vanilla smell and white to pink flowers that grows in wet places
An American plant with a sweet smell, broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers
A sweet alcoholic drink made with cherries, often used in cocktails or desserts
- UK
A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste
A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon
- US
A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries
A plant like chamomile that grows for one year, tastes more bitter, and helps mild stomach problems
A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees
A plant that has sweet-smelling flowers and grows in sandy places like deserts
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sweet comes from Old English swete meaning 'pleasant', and in older or poetic use it became an adverb form like 'sweetly'. So saying something happened sweet means it happened in a loving or charming way.