sweetness and light
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sweetness and light
n
an apparently affable reasonableness
[C19: adopted by Matthew Arnold from Swift's Battle of the Books (1704)]
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Noun | 1. | sweetness and light - a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light" affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality, amiability - a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
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