honey-sweet

American  

[huhn-ee-sweet] / ˈhʌn iˈswit /

adjective

1. sweet as honey.

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honey-sweet British  

adjective

1. sweet or endearing

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Etymology

Origin of honey-sweet

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

Example Sentences

The singer, born in the small village of Rocky Point, Jamaica, was known for his romantic, honey-sweet voice that shaped and shifted with generations of dancehall and lovers rock.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes G was a people pleaser, offering to cook or clean for Clark in a honey-sweet voice.

From New York Times

On a sunny day in late July they hang translucent on the tree, as if lit by a candle. their flesh becomes soft and melting and the juice honey-sweet, a sticky golden nectar. if i could have just one tree it would be a plum.

From Salon

It was just the two of them, this middle-aged man and Iris, with her sleek dark hair and honey-sweet voice, skin flushed beneath the protective layers of her N95 and surgical masks.

From New York Times

We spent lazy hours on the pebbled beaches, picked honey-sweet figs straight from trees, ate fresh fish with delicious deep-red tomatoes, and enjoyed grandparent-provided child care.

From New York Times