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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sweetness \Sweet"ness\, noun [AS. sw[=e]tness.] The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sweetness
noun
1: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: {sweet}, {sugariness}]
2: the property of containing sugar [syn: {sweet}]
3: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: {bouquet}, {fragrance}, {redolence}]
4: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day" [syn: {pleasantness}] [ant: {unpleasantness}]
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