sweetly

sweetly
adverb (in an attractive, charming, agreeable or kindly manner: She sang/smiled very sweetly.) süß
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sweet·ly
[ˈswi:tli]
adv
1. (pleasantly) süß
to sing \sweetly schön singen
to smile \sweetly nett lächeln
2. esp BRIT (smoothly)
the engine's been running very \sweetly since it was tuned seit der Motor eingestellt wurde, läuft er ganz ruhig
she's striking the ball very \sweetly today ihre Ballarbeit heute ist eins A fam
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['swiːtlɪ]
adv
1) sing, play süß; say süßlich; smile also, answer lieb

the engine was running sweetly —

he chipped the equalizer sweetly into the net — er hat den Ausgleichstreffer wunderschön ins Netz gesetzt

rather sweetly, he offered to drive me there — er bot an, mich hinzufahren, was wirklich süß or lieb von ihm war

2) innocent niedlich; seductive sanft, auf sanfte Art
3) scented, fragrant süßlich

to smell sweetly of sth —

the sweetly acid smell of peat smoke — der süßlich scharfe Geruch des Torfrauches

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adv.
süß adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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