adv sweetly.
2. sweet ·vt to sweeten.
3. sweet ·noun confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, ·etc.
4. sweet ·noun home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, ·etc.
5. sweet ·superl fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
6. sweet ·noun that which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
7. sweet ·noun one who is dear to another; a darling;
a term of endearment.
8. sweet ·noun that which is sweet to the taste;
used chiefly in the plural.
9. sweet ·noun that which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
10. sweet ·superl plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
11. sweet ·superl pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
12. sweet ·superl pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
13. sweet ·superl pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
14. sweet ·superl having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine;
opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
15. sweet ·superl not changed from a sound or wholesome state. specifically: (a) not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.