See sweetly on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a sweet or pleasant manner",
"word": "dulcemente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a sweet or pleasant manner",
"word": "abemoladamente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a sweet or pleasant manner",
"word": "sött"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a sweet or pleasant manner",
"word": "tatlı tatlı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sólodko",
"sense": "in a sweet or pleasant manner",
"word": "со́лодко"
}
],
"word": "sweetly"
}
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