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Sweetness

Noun CEFR B2
ˈswiːtnəs

Definitions

  1. The condition of being sweet (all senses).
    countable, uncountable
  2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A term of address for one's sweetheart.
    countable, informal, uncountable

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Examples

“At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste⟳ buds.”
“Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget⟳ about his hopelessly low school grades.”
“The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.”
“Quiet people too, for I think⟳ that about this time a sort⟳ of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record⟳ sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.”
“Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like⟳ to smash every tooth in your head.”
“"Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sweetness and light sweetnesse sweetnik sweetpea sweetpotato sweetroot

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