mellifluously
mellifluously adverb: in a mellifluous manner; sweetly.
Adverb
mellifluously (comparative more mellifluously, superlative most mellifluously)
- In a mellifluous manner; sweetly.
- When amatory poets sing their loves
In liquid lines mellifluously bland,
And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves,
They little think what mischief is in hand […]1821, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto V, Stanza 1 - […] Mr Wyse had made no secret about the pleasure it would give him to hear his sister and herself mellifluously converse in the Italian tongue […]1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 6, in Mapp and Lucia
- When amatory poets sing their loves
Forms of mellifluously
| comparative | more mellifluously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mellifluously |
Origin of mellifluously
From mellifluous + -ly.
Questions about mellifluously
- What does mellifluously mean?
- Mellifluously means in a mellifluous manner; sweetly.
- What part of speech is mellifluously?
- Mellifluously is an adverb.
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