honey-sweet

[ huhn-ee-sweet ]

adjective

1. sweet as honey.

honey-sweet

adjective

1. sweet or endearing

Word History and Origins

Origin of honey-sweet¹

before 1000; Middle English hony sweete, Old English hunig swēte

Example Sentences

The gardens were strewn with smouldering soft ashes of late roses, late honeysuckle, honey-sweet clematis.

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It came from the grass, from the trees—the long tasselled branches of downy honey-sweet, white blossoms that hung from them.

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“Go,” she said in her honey sweet accents which to the sensitive ear of the girl were full of bitterness.

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The sounds it emitted were right pleasing, honey-sweet, and silver-toned.

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The words came like a thunder-clap, though Miss Gwendolines voice was honey sweet.

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