sweeter

adjsugary

adjfriendly, kind
adjnice-smelling
adjnice-sounding

Word Origin & History

Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings," from Proto-Germanic *swotijaz (cf. Old Saxon swoti, Swedish söt, Danish sød, Middle Dutch soete, Dutch zoet, Old High German swuozi, German süß), from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (Sanskrit svadus "sweet;" Greek hedys "sweet, pleasant, agreeable," hedone "pleasure;" Latin suavis "sweet," suadere "to advise," properly "to make something pleasant to").

To be sweet on someone is first recorded 1690s. Sweet-talk (v.) dates from ...

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Example Sentences for sweeter

A sweeter music, born of the motions of my own spirit, fills my whole hearing.

Oh, there had been moments all the sweeter and more poignant because they had been so fleeting.

Their flesh was said to be sweeter, juicier, and more tender than the best beef.

The transaction by any name would smell no sweeter, Calendar.

Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten ...

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