sweet-smelling

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Adjective

sweet-smelling (comparative more sweet-smelling, superlative most sweet-smelling)

  1. Having a pleasant scent.
    • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
      It was always rather refreshing to find oneself among the sweet-smelling timber and the more peaceful atmosphere of a wood-working place, on a day-work and not piece-work basis.
  2. (figuratively) Liked, appreciated or respected.

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