In mech., smooth; done without appearance of effort; easy; well-lubricated: as, a sweet run; a sweet cut.
In mining, free from deleterious gases.
Sweetly; in a sweet manner; so as to be sweet.
To make sweet; sweeten.
Pleasing to the taste; having a pleasant taste or flavor like that of sugar or honey; also, having a fresh, natural taste, as distinguished from a taste that is stale, sour, or rancid.
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; perfumed.
Pleasing to the ear; making agreeable music; musical; soft; melodious; harmonious: as, a sweet singer; a sweet song.
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; attractive; charming.
Pleasing, agreeable, grateful, or soothing to the mind or emotional nature; exciting pleasant or agreeable feelings; charming; delightful; attractive; hence, dearly loved; precious.
Gracious; kind; amiable: as, sweet manners: formerly often used as a term of complimentary address: as. sweet sir.
Free from sour or otherwise excessive taste.
Fresh; not salt or salted.
Being in a sound or wholesome state; not sour or spoiled; not putrescent or putrid: as, sweet meat.
In archery, of a bow, soft in flexure and recoil. See the last quotation under sweetness.
Synonyms Luscious, sugary, honeyed.
Redolent, balmy.
Dulcet.
Engaging, winning, lovely.
Lovable.
noun.
The quality of being sweet; sweetness.