noun
- candies or confections
- terms of endearment for loved ones
Usage: British English
Usage: informal
Examples
- The children bought sweeties from the corner shop.
- She filled the jar with colorful sweeties for the party.
- Don’t eat too many sweeties before dinner.
- The grandparents always brought sweeties when they visited.
- Come here, sweeties, it’s time for bed.
- The teacher called her students her little sweeties.
- Hello, sweeties! How was your day at school?