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Definition of Deliciously
1. Adverb. In a very pleasurable manner. "They were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously"
2. Adverb. So as to produce a delightful taste. "I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches"
Definition of Deliciously
1. adv. Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.
Definition of Deliciously
1. Adverb. In a delicious manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deliciously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deliciously
Literary usage of Deliciously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"... gladdest thing I know is the calm, the silence that one enjoys so deliciously,
either in the forest or in the tilled fields, whether tillable or not. ..."
2. Letters and Papers Relating Chiefly to the Provincial History of by Thomas Balch, Edward Shippen (1855)
"... and that he was almost tired before he set off, but the place was cool, and
that there were most excellent wives there, and he should fare deliciously. ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"Then her voice—did you ever hear anything so deliciously musical ? FEATH. Ana her
figure — there's а matchless form, in which the gently undulating graces ..."
4. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1887)
"This is a volume of delightful and deliciously humorous stories by a new writer
who has met with great favor as a contributor to the Century Magazine ..."
5. The Trollopiad, Or, Travelling Gentlemen in America: A Satire by Frederick William Shelton (1837)
"... Now BELLA CRUSCA sang in strains to move And warbled most deliciously of " LOVE."
The soft infection spread to every breast, Old men and maidens were ..."
6. Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson (1908)
"... unthought-of experiences were before one, preparing the way for that dreamless
slumber at night into which the out-of-door worker so deliciously sinks. ..."
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