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Meaning of semisweetly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

semisynthetically semisystematically Semitically semitonally semitonically semiuniformly

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