as in nicely
in a pleasing way
a sweetly silly summer movie
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Recent Examples of sweetly
Law and Coan were captured sitting at a table together inside the gala, with the actor leaning over at one point with a smile to tell his wife something and sweetly caressing her back.
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Twenty-five years have passed since Paul Scholes met David Beckham’s corner so sweetly on the edge of the Bradford City penalty area that Matt Clarke stood no chance in the home goal.
—Max Mathews, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Jun’s aunt and uncle, Eleanor Rigby and Hey Jude, are sweetly careening through their own soundtrack, in their own dance-time, her cheek resting on his chest, his cheek resting atop her head.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Travis Kelce is sweetly opening up about the parallels between Taylor Swift and Mama Kelce.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The sparks are instant for Anna and Lily’s dad Eric (Manny Jacinto), and a zippy montage races us through their speedy romance, straight into an autumn wedding that, like many things in Ganatra’s film, sweetly echoes the original.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Twenty-five years have passed since Paul Scholes met David Beckham’s corner so sweetly on the edge of the Bradford City penalty area that Matt Clarke stood no chance in the home goal.
—Max Mathews, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Jun’s aunt and uncle, Eleanor Rigby and Hey Jude, are sweetly careening through their own soundtrack, in their own dance-time, her cheek resting on his chest, his cheek resting atop her head.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Travis Kelce is sweetly opening up about the parallels between Taylor Swift and Mama Kelce.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The sparks are instant for Anna and Lily’s dad Eric (Manny Jacinto), and a zippy montage races us through their speedy romance, straight into an autumn wedding that, like many things in Ganatra’s film, sweetly echoes the original.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetly
Adverb
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Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Blunt could emerge as a strong supporting actress contender, in a category that hasn’t presented a standout frontrunner yet, and could pair nicely with Johnson’s big run.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The historic buildings are a step back in time but the boutiques, bars, and eateries are deliciously fresh and up to date.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Saint Laurent’s velvety soft suede is deliciously luxurious in every sense.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The seafood towers are delightfully tall, gleaming with mussels and smoked fish dip.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This buttery-soft duo features a pullover half-zip sweatshirt and a pair of elastic waistband sweatpants that look great worn together or separately.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite the chaos at Newark, the internal systems for United ran great, said Harteveldt.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Miller often called well into the evening, Dudek said, to chastise him about anything the press had reported that day that had caught the administration off guard.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Natural fabrics like cotton and wool, however, are best left to the pros.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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To that end, here’s a selection of the best (and most enjoyably bad) literary film and TV coming to streaming services this month.—
Emily Temple
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Each character’s hangups and drive are finely drawn throughout.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Adverbs that pertain to cutting are also super important, like thinly, coarsely, or finely.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But these charmingly casual houses, many of them centuries old, come with a rigid spatial order that is antithetical to modern lifestyles.—
Joseph Giovannini,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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Here he’s been renamed Vadim (or Vlad) Baranov and is played by Paul Dano in the actor’s charmingly offhand and cerebral manner.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Sweetly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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