What does honey-sweet mean?
Honey-sweet means As sweet as honey; very sweet..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
As sweet as honey; very sweet..
Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he.
Cheerfully, and in my honey-sweetest voice I asked: “Can you give me a dime for two nickels?”
She added that if I continued to bother Olga she would take steps I would not particularly enjoy. At her honey-sweetest of course, but “My husband and I do not care to have our daughter involved in friendships of this nature.”
And just because she was feeling a little snippy, she said in the honey-sweetest tone possible, “Want me to come help pack your bags?”
Use honey-sweet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Honey-sweet means As sweet as honey; very sweet..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he.
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