sweetly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
  2. In a sweet or pleasant manner.
    — "No, Auntie," said Hardman, sweetly, seriously.
  3. Nicely; finely; excellently.
    — Sitting in the seat with the engine off before that day, the gears slid in so sweetly, and double de-clutching was so easy, I had done it a million times.

词形变化

sweetlier comparative more sweetly comparative sweetliest superlative most sweetly superlative

词源

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”).
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