Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being sweet, in any sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The condition of being sweet or sugary.
  • noun A pleasant disposition; kindness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of giving pleasure
  • noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  • noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
  • noun the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

Etymologies

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sweet +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • III. ii.25 (69,1) tun'd too sharp in sweetness] -- and _too sharp in sweetness_,] So the folio and all modern editions; but the quarto more accurately,

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • Nonconformists in walking staunchly by the best light they have, and desire to take no whit from it, we seek to add to this what we call sweetness and light, and develope their full humanity more perfectly; and to seek this is certainly not to be the enemy of the

    Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold 1855

  • To get rid of one's ignorance, to see things as they are, and by seeing them as they are to see them in their beauty, is the simple and attractive ideal which Hellenism holds out before human nature; and from the simplicity and charm of this ideal, Hellenism, and human life in the hands of Hellenism, is invested with a kind of aërial ease, clearness, and radiancy; they are full of what we call sweetness and light.

    Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold 1855

  • "It's similar in sweetness to what you'll find from the high-volume producers, but we think it's much crisper and carries more structure."

    LENNDEVOURS: 2009

  • "It's similar in sweetness to what you'll find from the high-volume producers, but we think it's much crisper and carries more structure."

    Evan Dawson 2009

  • Their sweetness is like the sweetness of bread, and to have discovered this palatableness in this neglected nut, the whole world is to me the sweeter for it.

    Checking in on Thoreau: arguing about John Brown and finding friends in windfall acorns 2009

  • Their sweetness is like the sweetness of bread, and to have discovered this palatableness in this neglected nut, the whole world is to me the sweeter for it.

    A Different Stripe: 2009

  • The first couple of sips reveal a malty taste with a decent amount of the sweetness from the nose returning.

    Olde Saratoga IPA 2009

  • The finished sauce has a nice tang to it and a good amount of sweetness from the cranberry sauce.

    2009 November | Baking Bites 2009

  • But sweetness is what makes it dessert instead of a pleasant side dish, so sugar is really a key ingredient.

    Rice Pudding with Agave Syrup | Baking Bites 2009

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