SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mild reasonableness

Example:

when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sweetness and light" is a kind of...):

affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality (a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to))

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