sweetlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈswiːtli/, U.S.

/ˈswitli/

Forms: see sweet adj. and -ly suffix².

Etymology: Compare Middle Low German sôt(e)lîken , Middle Dutch soetelîke , Middle High German sueȥlîche ; also Middle English swoteliche , sootly adv.

In a sweet manner; with sweetness.

1. With a sweet taste or smell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adverb]

sweeta1325

sweetly1530

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adverb]

sootc1000

spice-likea1325

sweeta1325

softa1400

fragrantly?1521

sweetlya1547

odoriferously1601

nectarel1648

aromatically1657

ambrosially1826

c900 [see sense 3a].

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 842/2 Swetely of taste, doucement.

a1547 Earl of Surrey in Nugæ Antiquæ (1804) II. 357 Humble vowes fullfilld, by grace right sweetly smoks.

1600 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 515 They [sc. turtle's eggs] did eat very sweetly [1589 swelly].

1611 Bible (King James) Song of Sol. vii. 9 Like the best wine..that goeth downe sweetely .

1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 91 Now the myrrh of Cyprus groweth, Widelier spreadeth, sweetlier bloweth.

2. With a sweet sound or voice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb]

sweetly1340

sweet1597

euphoniously1836

euphonically1884

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > melodious or harmonious

sweetly1340

melodiouslya1449

sweet1568

soot1579

tunably1586

harmonically1589

consort1590

harmoniously1611

tunefully1656

symphoniously1757

nightingaly1870

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 Nykeren þet..zuo zuetelich zingeþ þet hi makeþ slepe þe ssipman.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxiii. (Bodl.) lf. 13/2 Þe pipe singeþ swetelich while þe fouler disseyueþ þe bridde.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 329 An Instrument..Whose symphonie resounded sweetly-shrill Th' Almighties praise.

1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 65 Madinis ȝing..Playand on timberallis and singand rycht sweitlie.

1645 J. Milton Upon Circumcision in Poems 21 Ye flaming Powers.., That erst with Musick,..So sweetly sung your Joy.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 568 Streams tinkle sweetly in poetic chime.

a1839 W. M. Praed Lidian's Love xx She..sang as sweetly as a caged canary.

a. So as to be pleasing to the mind or the feelings; pleasurably; comfortably.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]

sweetlyc900

queemlyOE

lustly971

winlyc1000

sootlya1125

to (a person's) queemc1175

lustilya1225

avenantlya1375

pleasinglya1398

queema1400

beinc1400

farrandlyc1400

pleasantlyc1400

pleasantlya1425

queemfullyc1425

thankfullyc1480

greablyc1500

dulcely1508

dulcea1525

pleasant1553

agreeably?1567

pleasurably1580

sugarly1587

flattering1597

sweet1597

attractively1640

well-pleasingly1645

welcomely1646

flatteringly1661

relishingly1677

satisfyingly1743

sweetsome1799

smilingly1806

dulcetly1810

gratifyingly1822

honeyedly1832

enjoyably1877

suavely1883

congenially1884

a fair treat1884

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. xxiii. Concl. 486 Swetlice drincan þa word þines wisdomes.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1329 Nobul leches..þat seide he schuld be sauf, & sweteliche heled.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 103 Þis meruellus heet, þe qwhilk þe mynd swetelyest gladyns.

1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Hviii Yf a man be faythfull, the Spiryte of God worketh in hys harte very swetelye at hys communion.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. iii. C Thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 226 Th Idæa of her life shall sweetly creepe, Into his study of imagination.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 74 Sweetly rapt in sacred Extasie.

1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion ii. xxvii If thou labour in a painefull calling..thou shalt be..sweetlier satisfied at the time of death.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 89 The nurse sleeps sweetly, hir'd to watch the sick, Whom snoring she disturbs.

1803 Visct. Strangford tr. L. V. de Camoens Poems 87 The sweetly sad remembrances of yore!

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. viii. 135 Nor was that problem solved to my satisfaction ere I fell sweetly asleep.

b. ironically, esp. with pay, cost.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively

deara1000

largely?a1425

dearly1490

chargeably1534

sweetly1579

expensively?1607

soundlya1616

expensefully1631

expensive1796

up-market1975

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 243/2 It is sure, that this his high place will cost him sweetely.

1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxii. 28 How can it be that thou beeing some base fellowe of the countrie of the Cilicians, shouldest obtayne this honour, for which I paid sweetly?

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 311 It cost Dauid sweetly for passing ouer the murder of Amnon, done by his sonne Absolom.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 514/1 Having, as may be supposed, paid sweetly for them, and having fitted up house, nests and roosts, with the greatest care.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 169 Everything in this world has to be paid for, and some things sweetly.

a. So as to be pleasing to the sight or the æsthetic sense; delightfully, charmingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [adverb] > pleasing to the aesthetic sense

sweet1338

prettilyc1450

sweetly1576

pretty1617

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 55 Sithence you haue written thereof in a certaine treatise very sweetly and pleasantly.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 45 One market-place sweetly shaded with trees.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 88 The Eye-brows ought to be..sweetly arched.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 436 Went to visite my Co: Hales at a sweetely-watred place..at Chilston.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 68 The two lovers, so sweetly described by Mr. Gay, who were struck dead in each other's arms.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 190 Vergniaud denounces and deplores; in sweetly turned periods.

1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xxiv. 490 The lights and shadows lie sweetly on the hillsides at night and morning.

b. as a technical term of Art.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adverb] > types of artistic treatment or style

antiquely1604

sweetly1662

broadly1875

Japonically1889

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 69 Had he perform'd his heightnings with more tendernesse, and come sweetly off with the extremities of his hatchings.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 28 When the ripe Colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just Shade and Light.

c. with emotional or sentimental colouring.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adverb]

likinglya1387

graciouslyc1400

prettilyc1450

alluringly1561

gracefully1583

attractively1604

takingly1607

charmingly1611

enchantinglya1616

winningly1663

engagingly1694

winsomely17..

enticingly1720

attractingly1753

prepossessingly1794

sweetly1840

temptingly1878

fetchingly1889

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb]

mawkishly1816

sentimentally1816

dissolvingly1822

sweetly1840

maudlinly1854

sloppily1898

slushily1961

soppily1977

soupily1979

1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 33 ‘How sweetly the dear Baron rides,’ said my wife, who was always ogling at him.

1907 P. Dare From School to Stage ii. 21 That sweetly pretty play, ‘Ib and Little Christina.’

d. In vaguer sense: In a desirable or satisfactory way; favourably; †delicately; now esp. in reference to the working of machinery: Smoothly, easily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb] > and pleasing

comelyOE

winlyc1000

comelilyc1400

trimly?a1513

trima1547

sweetly1594

cleverly1697

nicely1714

tidy1824

sweet1846

wally1847

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment

freelyeOE

wellOE

freec1250

glidderly13..

without (also but) lettingc1330

oliver current1466

smootha1500

pronewise1585

currently1586

glib1594

glibly1607

clearly1612

swimminglya1640

smoothly1668

uninterrupted1677

unobstructedly1788

smack-smooth1802

sweetly1825

sweet1846

unimpededly1846

hitchlessly1910

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adverb] > working smoothly or easily

sweetly1825

sweet1846

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 6 A Christall stone..hauing a good foyle sweetlie conueyed within the concaue superficies thereof.

1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 178 In these colder countreys they..never yeeld any fruit,..but if at any time nature be wittily and sweetly helped, then Art can perfect what nature could not.

1825 Edinb. Rev. 43 14 Like..the jerks of a machine not working sweetly.

1876 W. Cudworth Round about Bradford 120 The engines..although thirty years old..do their work ‘sweetly’.

5. With graciousness of action or treatment; with kindly disposition or intent; graciously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner

sweetly?c1225

plausibly1589

genially1751

personably1944

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously

holdec1000

holdelyc1000

sweetly?c1225

courteouslyc1290

graciouslyc1384

favourably1388

thankfully1513

handsomely1542

officiously1604

graciousa1617

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 315 Lichtliche & sweteliche for ȝeoueð ham hare gultes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14884 Suetli he wald þam drau him to.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 221 Ful swetely herde he confession And plesant. was his absolucion.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 25 Whan he had herd her answers and had seen how swetly she had taken hit.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iii. sig. c.iiii That it wolde please the swetely to beholde hym or her thy seruaunt.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ded. sig. A Sweetly indevoring with his blunt persuasions to botch vp a Reconciliation.

1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 48 The sentence in the Star Chamber, the which he confesseth justly imposed and swetely.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 15 We must represent things which appear difficult and greivous by insinuating them sweetly into the spirit of those to whom we speak.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. iii. 35 She used to try so sweetly to oblige him.

6. With pleasantness of manner or address; in sweet terms; hence, affectionately, lovingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adverb]

sweetly?c1225

dearworthlyc1230

kindlya1325

dearc1330

dearworthilya1400

chislyc1400

affectiouslya1420

deliciouslyc1425

affectuouslyc1430

affectually1447

cherishlyc1475

fondly1561

affectionately1604

affectedly1609

affly1779

attachedly1794

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 194 Ineuch time hwen ȝe neode habbeð. schawið swa sweteliche tohis swote earen.

a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 404 On knes he him sette, And sweteliche hure grette.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 15651 Ful suetli to þaim he spack, ‘breþer, quat nu do ȝe?’

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 267 Be fayr of speche, answere swetely!

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxv. 267 He..toke leue of hym, & swetely kyssyd hym.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 108 O trespasse sweetly vrgde.

1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido ii. i. sig. Ej^v Let's kisse and striue Who can kisse sweetliest among our selues.

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xxii. 24 The nymph, who sweetly speaks, and sweetly smiles.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 44 The child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly—‘Poor Topsy, why need you steal?’

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlv. 14 He was disappointed..although she had spoken to him so sweetly.

7. Qualifying participles used adjectivally, often hyphenated (in any of the preceding senses), as sweetly-breathing, sweetly-budding, sweetly-fenced, sweetly-smelling, sweetly-swelling, sweetly-written; occasionally with adjectives, as sweetly-pensive, sweetly-wise; also less correctly used for ‘sweet’ in parasynthetic combination, as sweetly-scented, sweetly-tasted, sweetly-toned.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V7 Of pretious pearle the double rowe, The second sweetly-fenced warde, Her heau'nly-dewed tongue to garde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xvi. sig. Rr6 Her roundy sweetly swelling lippes.

1641 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 229 A most noble and sweetly disposed lady.

1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Secular Poem iv, in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 369 Sweetly-shining Queen of Night.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 475 Hymns, meditations, and sweetly-written books.

1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 116 In a sweetly breathing accent..scarcely audible.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xviii. 301 Spices, or sweetly burning woods.

1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xii Thy mistress Lycimnia's sweetly-ton'd voice.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 149 She thanked with sweetly-wise and conscious tongue.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 18 The sweetly-scented birch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sweetly
释义	† sweetlyadj. Forms: Also Middle English suetli, suetly, 1500s swe(e)tely. Etymology: < sweet adj. + -ly suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch soetelijc (Dutch zoetelijk), Middle High German sueȥlich (German süsslich); also Old English swótlic. Obsolete. Sweet. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] sweetc888 sootc950 doucea1350 sweetlya1350 softa1398 lusciousc1420 dulcet1440 mellite?1440 sugarishc1450 dulce1508 ambrosiana1522 figgy?1549 nut-sweet1586 nectaredc1595 dulcid1596 marmalady1602 fat1610 unsharp1611 unsour1611 marmalade1617 dulcorous1676 dulceous1688 saccharaceous1689 sugar-candyish1852 saccharic1945 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 49 A suetly suyre heo haþ to holde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17819 Þai hailsed þaim with suetli suar. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 2 Fayne maye thy frendes be in fere, To see thy sweetlye [v.r. frely] face. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 842/2 Swetely of savoure, souef. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 156 By sweetely Lord, that straied sinners sought. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. v. 565 Agoracritus of Paros, whome hee loved also for his sweetly youth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sweetlyadv. Brit. /ˈswiːtli/, U.S. /ˈswitli/ Forms: see sweet adj. and -ly suffix². Etymology: Compare Middle Low German sôt(e)lîken , Middle Dutch soetelîke , Middle High German sueȥlîche ; also Middle English swoteliche , sootly adv. In a sweet manner; with sweetness. 1. With a sweet taste or smell. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adverb] sweeta1325 sweetly1530 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adverb] sootc1000 spice-likea1325 sweeta1325 softa1400 fragrantly?1521 sweetlya1547 odoriferously1601 nectarel1648 aromatically1657 ambrosially1826 c900 [see sense 3a]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 842/2 Swetely of taste, doucement. a1547 Earl of Surrey in Nugæ Antiquæ (1804) II. 357 Humble vowes fullfilld, by grace right sweetly smoks. 1600 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 515 They [sc. turtle's eggs] did eat very sweetly [1589 swelly]. 1611 Bible (King James) Song of Sol. vii. 9 Like the best wine..that goeth downe sweetely . View more context for this quotation 1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 91 Now the myrrh of Cyprus groweth, Widelier spreadeth, sweetlier bloweth. 2. With a sweet sound or voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb] sweetly1340 sweet1597 euphoniously1836 euphonically1884 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > melodious or harmonious sweetly1340 melodiouslya1449 sweet1568 soot1579 tunably1586 harmonically1589 consort1590 harmoniously1611 tunefully1656 symphoniously1757 nightingaly1870 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 Nykeren þet..zuo zuetelich zingeþ þet hi makeþ slepe þe ssipman. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxiii. (Bodl.) lf. 13/2 Þe pipe singeþ swetelich while þe fouler disseyueþ þe bridde. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 329 An Instrument..Whose symphonie resounded sweetly-shrill Th' Almighties praise. 1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 65 Madinis ȝing..Playand on timberallis and singand rycht sweitlie. 1645 J. Milton Upon Circumcision in Poems 21 Ye flaming Powers.., That erst with Musick,..So sweetly sung your Joy. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 568 Streams tinkle sweetly in poetic chime. a1839 W. M. Praed Lidian's Love xx She..sang as sweetly as a caged canary. 3. a. So as to be pleasing to the mind or the feelings; pleasurably; comfortably. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb] sweetlyc900 queemlyOE lustly971 winlyc1000 sootlya1125 to (a person's) queemc1175 lustilya1225 avenantlya1375 pleasinglya1398 queema1400 beinc1400 farrandlyc1400 pleasantlyc1400 pleasantlya1425 queemfullyc1425 thankfullyc1480 greablyc1500 dulcely1508 dulcea1525 pleasant1553 agreeably?1567 pleasurably1580 sugarly1587 flattering1597 sweet1597 attractively1640 well-pleasingly1645 welcomely1646 flatteringly1661 relishingly1677 satisfyingly1743 sweetsome1799 smilingly1806 dulcetly1810 gratifyingly1822 honeyedly1832 enjoyably1877 suavely1883 congenially1884 a fair treat1884 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. xxiii. Concl. 486 Swetlice drincan þa word þines wisdomes. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1329 Nobul leches..þat seide he schuld be sauf, & sweteliche heled. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 103 Þis meruellus heet, þe qwhilk þe mynd swetelyest gladyns. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Hviii Yf a man be faythfull, the Spiryte of God worketh in hys harte very swetelye at hys communion. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. iii. C Thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 226 Th Idæa of her life shall sweetly creepe, Into his study of imagination. View more context for this quotation 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 74 Sweetly rapt in sacred Extasie. 1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion ii. xxvii If thou labour in a painefull calling..thou shalt be..sweetlier satisfied at the time of death. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 89 The nurse sleeps sweetly, hir'd to watch the sick, Whom snoring she disturbs. 1803 Visct. Strangford tr. L. V. de Camoens Poems 87 The sweetly sad remembrances of yore! 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. viii. 135 Nor was that problem solved to my satisfaction ere I fell sweetly asleep. b. ironically, esp. with pay, cost. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > dearly or expensively deara1000 largely?a1425 dearly1490 chargeably1534 sweetly1579 expensively?1607 soundlya1616 expensefully1631 expensive1796 up-market1975 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 243/2 It is sure, that this his high place will cost him sweetely. 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxii. 28 How can it be that thou beeing some base fellowe of the countrie of the Cilicians, shouldest obtayne this honour, for which I paid sweetly? a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 311 It cost Dauid sweetly for passing ouer the murder of Amnon, done by his sonne Absolom. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 514/1 Having, as may be supposed, paid sweetly for them, and having fitted up house, nests and roosts, with the greatest care. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 169 Everything in this world has to be paid for, and some things sweetly. 4. a. So as to be pleasing to the sight or the æsthetic sense; delightfully, charmingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [adverb] > pleasing to the aesthetic sense sweet1338 prettilyc1450 sweetly1576 pretty1617 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 55 Sithence you haue written thereof in a certaine treatise very sweetly and pleasantly. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 45 One market-place sweetly shaded with trees. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 88 The Eye-brows ought to be..sweetly arched. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 436 Went to visite my Co: Hales at a sweetely-watred place..at Chilston. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 68 The two lovers, so sweetly described by Mr. Gay, who were struck dead in each other's arms. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 190 Vergniaud denounces and deplores; in sweetly turned periods. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xxiv. 490 The lights and shadows lie sweetly on the hillsides at night and morning. b. as a technical term of Art. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adverb] > types of artistic treatment or style antiquely1604 sweetly1662 broadly1875 Japonically1889 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 69 Had he perform'd his heightnings with more tendernesse, and come sweetly off with the extremities of his hatchings. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 28 When the ripe Colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just Shade and Light. c. with emotional or sentimental colouring. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adverb] likinglya1387 graciouslyc1400 prettilyc1450 alluringly1561 gracefully1583 attractively1604 takingly1607 charmingly1611 enchantinglya1616 winningly1663 engagingly1694 winsomely17.. enticingly1720 attractingly1753 prepossessingly1794 sweetly1840 temptingly1878 fetchingly1889 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb] mawkishly1816 sentimentally1816 dissolvingly1822 sweetly1840 maudlinly1854 sloppily1898 slushily1961 soppily1977 soupily1979 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 33 ‘How sweetly the dear Baron rides,’ said my wife, who was always ogling at him. 1907 P. Dare From School to Stage ii. 21 That sweetly pretty play, ‘Ib and Little Christina.’ d. In vaguer sense: In a desirable or satisfactory way; favourably; †delicately; now esp. in reference to the working of machinery: Smoothly, easily. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb] > and pleasing comelyOE winlyc1000 comelilyc1400 trimly?a1513 trima1547 sweetly1594 cleverly1697 nicely1714 tidy1824 sweet1846 wally1847 the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment freelyeOE wellOE freec1250 glidderly13.. without (also but) lettingc1330 oliver current1466 smootha1500 pronewise1585 currently1586 glib1594 glibly1607 clearly1612 swimminglya1640 smoothly1668 uninterrupted1677 unobstructedly1788 smack-smooth1802 sweetly1825 sweet1846 unimpededly1846 hitchlessly1910 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adverb] > working smoothly or easily sweetly1825 sweet1846 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 6 A Christall stone..hauing a good foyle sweetlie conueyed within the concaue superficies thereof. 1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 178 In these colder countreys they..never yeeld any fruit,..but if at any time nature be wittily and sweetly helped, then Art can perfect what nature could not. 1825 Edinb. Rev. 43 14 Like..the jerks of a machine not working sweetly. 1876 W. Cudworth Round about Bradford 120 The engines..although thirty years old..do their work ‘sweetly’. 5. With graciousness of action or treatment; with kindly disposition or intent; graciously. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner sweetly?c1225 plausibly1589 genially1751 personably1944 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously holdec1000 holdelyc1000 sweetly?c1225 courteouslyc1290 graciouslyc1384 favourably1388 thankfully1513 handsomely1542 officiously1604 graciousa1617 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 315 Lichtliche & sweteliche for ȝeoueð ham hare gultes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14884 Suetli he wald þam drau him to. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 221 Ful swetely herde he confession And plesant. was his absolucion. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 25 Whan he had herd her answers and had seen how swetly she had taken hit. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iii. sig. c.iiii That it wolde please the swetely to beholde hym or her thy seruaunt. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ded. sig. A Sweetly indevoring with his blunt persuasions to botch vp a Reconciliation. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 48 The sentence in the Star Chamber, the which he confesseth justly imposed and swetely. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 15 We must represent things which appear difficult and greivous by insinuating them sweetly into the spirit of those to whom we speak. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. iii. 35 She used to try so sweetly to oblige him. 6. With pleasantness of manner or address; in sweet terms; hence, affectionately, lovingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adverb] sweetly?c1225 dearworthlyc1230 kindlya1325 dearc1330 dearworthilya1400 chislyc1400 affectiouslya1420 deliciouslyc1425 affectuouslyc1430 affectually1447 cherishlyc1475 fondly1561 affectionately1604 affectedly1609 affly1779 attachedly1794 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 194 Ineuch time hwen ȝe neode habbeð. schawið swa sweteliche tohis swote earen. a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 404 On knes he him sette, And sweteliche hure grette. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 15651 Ful suetli to þaim he spack, ‘breþer, quat nu do ȝe?’ c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 267 Be fayr of speche, answere swetely! c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxv. 267 He..toke leue of hym, & swetely kyssyd hym. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 108 O trespasse sweetly vrgde. View more context for this quotation 1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido ii. i. sig. Ej^v Let's kisse and striue Who can kisse sweetliest among our selues. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xxii. 24 The nymph, who sweetly speaks, and sweetly smiles. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 44 The child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly—‘Poor Topsy, why need you steal?’ 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlv. 14 He was disappointed..although she had spoken to him so sweetly. 7. Qualifying participles used adjectivally, often hyphenated (in any of the preceding senses), as sweetly-breathing, sweetly-budding, sweetly-fenced, sweetly-smelling, sweetly-swelling, sweetly-written; occasionally with adjectives, as sweetly-pensive, sweetly-wise; also less correctly used for ‘sweet’ in parasynthetic combination, as sweetly-scented, sweetly-tasted, sweetly-toned. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V7 Of pretious pearle the double rowe, The second sweetly-fenced warde, Her heau'nly-dewed tongue to garde. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xvi. sig. Rr6 Her roundy sweetly swelling lippes. 1641 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 229 A most noble and sweetly disposed lady. 1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Secular Poem iv, in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 369 Sweetly-shining Queen of Night. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 475 Hymns, meditations, and sweetly-written books. 1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 116 In a sweetly breathing accent..scarcely audible. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xviii. 301 Spices, or sweetly burning woods. 1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xii Thy mistress Lycimnia's sweetly-ton'd voice. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 149 She thanked with sweetly-wise and conscious tongue. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 18 The sweetly-scented birch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1350adv.c900
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