Sweetly

Examples

• But he repeated sweetly: 'Some local irritation, ma'am? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sleep, sweetly--I gild thy dreams! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• That night Rebecca sang more sweetly and talked more pleasantly than she had ever been heard to do in Park Lane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You've behaved sweetly, and I respect you with all my heart, said Jo warmly, as they brushed their hair together late that night. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And purchase in his stead some sweetly pooty pug or poodle--something appropriate to the fair sex. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Like the notes of a fiddle, you sweetly, sir, sweetly, Raises our spirits and charms our ears. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No, no; the real name, said Holmes sweetly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• When Miss Ophelia expatiated on Topsy's naughty, wicked conduct, the child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His mind was sweetly at ease, the life flowed through him as from some new fountain, he was as if born out of the cramp of a womb. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Thank you, said the Marquis--very sweetly indeed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Charming to see Mr and Mrs Lammle taking leave so gracefully, and going down the stairs so lovingly and sweetly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The pleading of the feminine--' Mr Fledgeby began, and there stuck so long for a word to get on with, that Mrs Lammle offered him sweetly, 'Heart? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Saying this, Mrs. Pott smiled sweetly on the disturbed Pickwickian, and extended her hand towards him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At seven o'clock, leaving Marianne still sweetly asleep, she joined Mrs. Jennings in the drawing-room to tea. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• You say grand so sweetly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Let her voice speak the music that you once loved best, attuned as sweetly to your ear as to mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He thought his love slept sweetly: he finds she is stone dead. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The kind of gentleman, now,' said Mrs. Sparsit, sweetly, 'whom one might wager to be a good shot! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The minds of the two girls being toned in harmony often chimed very sweetly together. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I assure you, my dear Count, began Mrs Dengelton sweetly, that in the season— What is the season? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Your French forefathers don't speak so sweetly, nor so solemnly, nor so impressively as your English ancestors, Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Selina has entirely given up musicnever touches the instrumentthough she played sweetly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They learn and remember easily; they have harmonious, well-regulated minds; truth flows to them sweetly by nature. Plato. The Republic.

Editor: Nicolas