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sweet adj 1 tasting like sugar; not sour, salty or bitter. 2 pleasing to any of the senses, especially smell and hearing. 3 likeable; charming • He's so sweet when he smiles like that. 4 said of wine: having some taste of sugar or fruit; not dry. 5 colloq (usually sweet on someone) fond of them; infatuated with them. 6 said of air or water: fresh and untainted. 7 said of milk: fresh; not sour. 8 said of a picture: sentimentalized. 9 said of jazz or big-band music: played at a steady moderate tempo and without improvisations. 10 used as a general term of emphasis in certain expressions • always goes her own sweet way • does his own sweet will. noun 1 any small sugar-based confection that is sucked or chewed. 2 a pudding or dessert. 3 someone one loves or is fond of. adverb sweetly. sweetly adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon swete.
sweet adj 1 tasting like sugar; not sour, salty or bitter. 2 pleasing to any of the senses, especially smell and hearing. 3 likeable; charming • He's so sweet when he smiles like that. 4 said of wine: having some taste of sugar or fruit; not dry. 5 colloq (usually sweet on someone) fond of them; infatuated with them. 6 said of air or water: fresh and untainted. 7 said of milk: fresh; not sour. 8 said of a picture: sentimentalized. 9 said of jazz or big-band music: played at a steady moderate tempo and without improvisations. 10 used as a general term of emphasis in certain expressions • always goes her own sweet way • does his own sweet will. noun 1 any small sugar-based confection that is sucked or chewed. 2 a pudding or dessert. 3 someone one loves or is fond of. adverb sweetly. sweetly adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon swete.
sweet adj 1 tasting like sugar; not sour, salty or bitter. 2 pleasing to any of the senses, especially smell and hearing. 3 likeable; charming • He's so sweet when he smiles like that. 4 said of wine: having some taste of sugar or fruit; not dry. 5 colloq (usually sweet on someone) fond of them; infatuated with them. 6 said of air or water: fresh and untainted. 7 said of milk: fresh; not sour. 8 said of a picture: sentimentalized. 9 said of jazz or big-band music: played at a steady moderate tempo and without improvisations. 10 used as a general term of emphasis in certain expressions • always goes her own sweet way • does his own sweet will. noun 1 any small sugar-based confection that is sucked or chewed. 2 a pudding or dessert. 3 someone one loves or is fond of. adverb sweetly. sweetly adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon swete.
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