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Definition of Sweet-smelling
1. Adjective. Having a natural fragrance. "Scented flowers"
Similar to: Fragrant
Derivative terms: Sweetness
Definition of Sweet-smelling
1. Adjective. Having a pleasant scent. ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) liked, appreciated or respected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet-smelling
Literary usage of Sweet-smelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
"It is simply wonderful how many sweet-smelling grasses they will find in a country
where a white man would fail to find any. Being thus fond of sweet smells ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Where midst to heaven, with great sweet-smelling arms, Tall cedar tree aspires,
that image is, Of the High Godhead, in vast forest ..."
3. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"... magnificent red colour, the carmine, which inflates its whole body? The musk
Cerambyx exhales the most grateful odour of roses; 63. The sweet-smelling ..."
4. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
"It is simply wonderful how many sweet-smelling grasses they will find in a country
where a white man would fail to find any. Being thus fond of sweet smells ..."
5. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Where midst to heaven, with great sweet-smelling arms, Tall cedar tree aspires,
that image is, Of the High Godhead, in vast forest ..."
6. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"... magnificent red colour, the carmine, which inflates its whole body? The musk
Cerambyx exhales the most grateful odour of roses; 63. The sweet-smelling ..."
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