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(swiːtli) 1. adverb [ADVERB with verb]If an engine or machine is running sweetly, it is working smoothly and efficiently. He heard the car engine running sweetly beyond the open door. 2. adverb [ADVERB with verb]If you kick or hit a ball sweetly, you kick or hit it in the very middle of it so that it goes firmly and accurately to the place you are aiming for. He could strike the ball as sweetly as when he was 28 years younger. 3. See also sweet Examples of 'sweetly' in a sentencesweetly He rather sweetly replied that nor did he. Rather sweetly, the first thing he begins to worry about is what to wear. Rather sweetly, some of the men carry the bags for their wives.His sweetly struck half-volley was straight from his catalogue of casual strikes.When the day came the visitors flocked in; rather sweetly they gave the prizes to the ladies.He hit it pretty sweetly. Rather sweetly, and contrary to the Hello!Bit of space, hit it sweetly, back of the net.A little less neat than box, this plant has the benefit of sweetly scented flowers in the dead of winter.A rounded shrub with very supple stems bearing sweetly scented clusters of unusual cheery yellow flowers in January and February. |