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sweet

 
 
/swiːt/ adjective

Translation

TASTE with a taste like sugar
tatlı
It was covered in a very sweet chocolate sauce.1095905882
ATTRACTIVE attractive, often because of being small
hoş, sevimli, şirin, tatlı
Look at that kitten - isn't she sweet?953
KIND kind and friendly
nazik, tatlı, dost canlısı
It was really sweet of you to come.10251028
SMELL/SOUND A sweet smell or sound is pleasant.
hoş, latif, güzel
10901094
sweetness noun [U]
tatlı olma durumu
(Definition of sweet adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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