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  • adjective superlative form of sweet: most sweet.

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Examples

  • When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents; but the tone thereof was weak; so I rose, glad to hear the silence broken, and followed the sound until I reached a closet whose door stood ajar.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The sight and sounds brought solace to my sprite; and I walked among the trees, and I smelt the breath of the flowers on the breeze; and heard the birdies sing their melodies hymning the One, the Almighty in sweetest litanies; and I looked upon the apple whose hue is parcel red and parcel yellow; as said the poet: —

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But the last and best and sweetest is the ride by hill and dale

    Coast to Coast by Automobile 1925

  • If he is on a green level country with blue hills on the horizon, then, especially in the early morning, is the call sweetest, most irresistible.

    Afoot in England 1881

  • This he called the sweetest, and yet the most constraining of all motives of piety.

    The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Jean Pierre Camus 1618

  • The smile spread wider over Crouch's face, as though recalling the sweetest memory of his life.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • The sweetest is the love of a mother for her baby.

    Girls to the Rescue Bruce Lansky 1995

  • The sweetest is the love of a mother for her baby.

    Girls to the Rescue Bruce Lansky 1995

  • The sweetest is the love of a mother for her baby.

    Girls to the Rescue Bruce Lansky 1995

  • For of all dishes the sweetest is a joyful countenance and a happy face.

    Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

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