Definition of "sweetness"

sweetness

/ˈswiːtnəs/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses
1. The condition of being sweet or sugary.
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.
3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
  Quotations
  The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene vii
4. (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
  Quotations
  Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.
  1986, The Smiths (band), Bigmouth Strikes Again (song)
  "Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"
  2011, Kimberly Gibney, Over the Edge, page 66