SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweetness and light mean? 

• SWEETNESS AND LIGHT (noun)
  The noun SWEETNESS AND LIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a mild reasonableness

  Familiarity information: SWEETNESS AND LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEETNESS AND LIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mild reasonableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

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

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))