Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a beauteous manner; in a manner pleasing to the senses; beautifully.

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  • adverb In a beauteous manner.

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Examples

  • Look upon pleasures not upon that side that is next the sun, or where they look beauteously, that is, as they come towards you to be enjoyed, for then they paint and smile, and dress themselves up in tinsel, and glass gems, and counterfeit imagery.

    Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • Golden Knight gave her, and a girdle of broad golden plates, wrought beauteously, which was the gift of the Black Squire.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • But here in the midst, in the person of God incarnate, they see mercy and judgment meeting -- the pearl of great price -- where two different and apparently opposite glories mysteriously and beauteously mingle and play.

    The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot

  • That kindly soil was beauteously watered by the rushing seas and springing fountains; for never yet had clouds dark with wind brought down rains over the broad earth: but none the less the ground stood crowned with its harvest.

    Genesis A Translated from the Old English Lawrence Mason 1890

  • There she dwelt and prayed and looked on the new life which so beauteously unfolded itself before her day by day, as the leaves of a great tree unfold from buds and become noble branches, housing birds and their nests, shading the earth and those sheltering beneath them, braving centuries of storms.

    A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • So, looking into this inconceivable cañon, the true color came out most beauteously.

    Among the Forces Henry White Warren 1871

  • As a fair SS collar of gold, which the Golden Knight gave her, and a girdle of broad golden plates, wrought beauteously, which was the gift of the Black Squire.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • Mr. Delaford thrummed his most doleful tunes on the guitar that evening, but though the June sun was sinking beauteously, Charlotte never put her head out.

    Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Then she turned to the lofty American fall, spanned by its brilliant rainbow, like the bright wing of the Spirit of the Waters cast beauteously o'er her stupendous creation of power and sublimity.

    Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Effie Afton 1858

  • A major booster from Oklahoma Tech evil imaginary school alert! spends an entire day sucking up to Vince, arranges a special, beauteously escorted campus tour, and even stage-manages a conversation with the head coach so that Vince can overhear, and Coach Taylor's only conclusions are: "That offer is worth nothing" and "You're knocking on the wrong doors."

    Slate Magazine Emily Bazelon 2011

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