In a sweet, pleasant, or melodious manner.
From Latin 'dulcis' (sweet) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly.' This archaic form developed in Middle English as one of several ways to express sweetness in manner or sound.
English used to have at least three different adverbs meaning 'sweetly'—dulcely, dulcetly, and sweetly—showing how much our ancestors loved describing pleasant things!
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