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gorgeously

gorgeously adverb: in a gorgeous manner.

Adverb

gorgeously (comparative more gorgeously, superlative most gorgeously)

  1. In a gorgeous manner.
    • Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century."1885 July 9, The Hamilton Spectator, page 4
    • What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like...2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of gorgeously

comparativemore gorgeously
superlativemost gorgeously

Origin of gorgeously

From gorgeous + -ly.

Questions about gorgeously

What does gorgeously mean?
Gorgeously means in a gorgeous manner.
What part of speech is gorgeously?
Gorgeously is an adverb.

Words near gorgeously in the dictionary

  1. gorgelets
  2. Gorgenson
  3. gorgeosities
  4. gorgeosity
  5. gorgeous
  6. gorgeously
  7. gorgeousness
  8. gorgeousnesses
  9. gorger
  10. gorgeret
  11. gorgerets

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