Dulcetly
/ˈdʌl.sɪt.li/noun
In a sweet, soothing, or pleasing manner.
Did you know?Dulcetly comes from the same ancient root as words tied to sweetness and pleasantness, but English made it into an adverb only much later, after first borrowing the adjective dulcet from French and Latin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dl̥kʷ-
“sweet, pleasant”
Latin
Latin
dulcis
“sweet, pleasant, agreeable”
Old French
Old French
doucet
“sweet, gentle, pleasant”
Middle English
English
dulcet
“sweet-sounding, pleasant to the ear”
Modern English
English
dulcetly
“in a sweet, pleasing manner”
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