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sweet-scented en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Synonym of sweet-smelling.
    • If only this photo had a scratch-and-sniff feature! 'Double Delight' is one of the strongest- and sweetest-scented roses in Maarse's garden. 2014 September 16, Robert Lachman, “A tour of florist Jacob Maarse's 3-acre rose garden”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • She spent there only two months, but that was enough for her to fail in love with this sunny and colorful island. Its "salmon-red cliffs, its "sweetest-scented hillsides in the world," its Genoese citadels and fortresses towering out of rock, literally conquered her heart. 1926 August 15, Alexander I. Nazaroff, “Corsica Is Off the Beaten Track of Tourists […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025:

Forms

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most sweet-scented Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sweet-scented Degree=Cmp lexicographic
sweeter-scented Degree=Cmp lexicographic
sweetest-scented Degree=Sup lexicographic
sweet scented alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

sweet-smelling