英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈswiːtli/
• ハイフネーション: sweet‧ly

副詞

sweetly (comparative sweetlier or more sweetly, superlative sweetliest or most sweetly)

1. With a sweet taste or aroma.
2. In a sweet or pleasant manner.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 232:

     "No, Auntie," said Hardman, sweetly, seriously.

   • 2006, Carmen Portnoy, The Money Pie: A Recipe for Women Investors, page 6:

     "Hey, Sis, do yah want a Hertz Donut?" one of them sweetly said as the other one held out a donut bag. She reached for it. Her step-sister snatched the bag away and socked her hard in the arm instead.
     "Hurts, Don't it?" they chime, laughing at her pain.

3. Nicely; finely; excellently.
   • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:

     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.

アナグラム

• Westley