Antonyms for sweetlysweet·ly

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1. sweetly, sweetadverb

   in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

   "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"

   Synonyms:
   sweet

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1. Francis Quarles:

   In the height of thy prosperity expect adversity, but fear it not. If it come not, thou art the more sweetly possessed of the happiness thou hast, and the more strongly confirmed. If it come, thou art the more gently dispossessed of the happiness thou hadst, and the more firmly prepared.

2. Stephen Innes:

   All the ingredients for a rapid recovery from Q2 onwards are getting sweetly baked into the reopening party cake.

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