Meaning of semisweetly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a somewhat sweet manner, but with an element of asperity.

Examples

“"Let's not and say we did," she said semisweetly— I didn't know her well enough to read her level of sarcasm.”

“Kinsey smiled semisweetly.”

“In this connection, a student of mine once described Catullus as like a lucid drunk: drunk just enough to tell it like it is but semisweetly, maybe bitterly, indeed a bit salty.”

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