deliciously
/dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/
deliciously adverb: in a delicious manner.
Adverb
deliciously (comparative more deliciously, superlative most deliciously)
- In a delicious manner.
- Yet notwithſtandyng all this geare, / thou cougheſt ſtill, perdy / Ye are a craftie knaue, you cough / to fare deliciouſly.1577, Martial, “Epigrammes out of Martial. [To Parthenope.]”, in Timothe Kendall, transl., Flowers of Epigrammes […], [Manchester]: […] [Charles Simms] for the Spenser Society, published 1874, →OCLC...
- The band's songs, which can be deliciously unserious, are as memorable as they are charming.2009 January 9, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2018
Examples of deliciously in a sentence
- It’s freshly squeezed and deliciously sweet, and quenches your thirst on a hot and lively summer night.
- My Aunt Elizabeth makes this deliciously dark and chewy chocolate honeycake with layers of tangy plum jam.
- In deliciously Buckleyesque prose, former National Review (now known as NR) board member Neal B.
Forms of deliciously
| comparative | more deliciously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deliciously |
Origin of deliciously
From delicious + -ly.
Questions about deliciously
- What does deliciously mean?
- Deliciously means in a delicious manner.
- What part of speech is deliciously?
- Deliciously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce deliciously?
- Deliciously is pronounced /dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/ (US).
Words near deliciously in the dictionary
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