sweetly
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Ms. Cho’s Ye-ji is sweetly ingratiating, earnest in her desire to capture the lives of working people, yet she has a self-congratulatory air and turns stiff when politely called to account for her own obliviousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It ultimately went to Myha'la, partly because she had grabbed it first, although she sweetly suggested that the pair could keep it secret from the other players to protect both of them.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
She responded with a sweetly worded request for $60.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The album revels in baser instincts too, almost in defiance of the sweetly bashful “Bad Habit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
She said to me even more sweetly and softly than her wont:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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