It is a line taken from Shakespearan play As You Like It(Act 2 Scene 1).
It means that although there are conditions which are difficult to bear with these conditions have their own uses. They make us strong and teach us to move forward bravely.
In the play its duke Senior who speaks these lines.
Duke Senior has been banished from his court by his younger brother who has usurped the dukedom and now duke senior has taken shelter under the forest of arden.
Duke Senior is telling his attendants the uses of adversity. He says he prefers the difficult life he is living in the forest to the false life in the court. In the forest although the whether is harsh and cold yet its less harmful than the flattery of the court.
Adversity can be advantageous is you take from it what you can; like knowledge, strength having overcome such adversity, etc...
that actually is a sentence! One that uses it in a context related to its meaning is: She achieved much despite encountering adversity throughout her life.
In the sentence "Sweet are the uses of adversity," "sweet" functions as a subject complement rather than a subject or predicate. The subject of the sentence is "the uses of adversity," while "are" serves as the linking verb connecting the subject to the complement "sweet." Thus, the sentence as a whole asserts that the uses of adversity are characterized as sweet.
Persevere in face of adversity.
The prefix of the word "adversity" is "ad-" which means "toward" or "in the direction of." In this case, it is used to indicate something negative or against, as in adversity meaning difficulties or misfortune.
Be tough and strong in times of adversity.
Adversity meaning misfortune, that Odysseus had to overcome was being lost and also trying to stay away from all the things that could kill him.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun 'sweets' is a word for something sweet to eat, such as candy, cake, etc. The noun sweets has no gender, it is a neuter noun.
It is a noun that means courage in pain or adversity: She endured her illness with great fortitude.
Adversity refers to difficult or challenging circumstances or events that one may face. It involves hardship, obstacles, or unfavorable conditions that can test one's resilience and perseverance.
Sweets is a psychologist in bones meaning he studies the human behavior he helps them understand the reasons for emotional reactions and can often tell whether someone is faking an emotion or if it is real
The word "hardship" is one word, meaning difficulties or adversity.