"sweet-smelling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sweet-smelling [comparative], most sweet-smelling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} sweet-smelling (comparative more sweet-smelling, superlative most sweet-smelling)
  1. Having a pleasant scent. Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms (having a pleasant scent): suaveolent Translations (having a pleasant scent): εὔοσμος (eúosmos) (Ancient Greek), suāveolens (Latin), hālans (Latin), scheenrikjent (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-sweet-smelling-en-adj-k8WRkwUU Disambiguation of Smell: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'having a pleasant scent': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'having a pleasant scent': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) liked, appreciated or respected. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sweet-smelling-en-adj-myI-rEf1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 66

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