Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a delicious manner; in a manner to please the taste or gratify the mind; sweetly; daintily; delightfully; luxuriously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Delightfully
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
delicious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
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Examples
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He lets it lie where it may (using the long-forgotten art form of understatement) - and boy, does the whole thing curl around your subconscious in deliciously disturbing ways!
The Surreal Office 2009
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Joanne Harris is known for crafting enticing storylines set in deliciously imaginative locales.
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At Hipster Pho, I got the number 5, which was basically a tempura taco springroll with shrimp and steak, aka deliciously perfect, and the number 16, which was essentially the same thing over noodles instead of inside a tempura crepe
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I got the number 5, which was basically a tempura taco springroll with shrimp and steak, aka deliciously perfect, and the number 16, which was essentially the same thing over noodles instead of inside a tempura crepe (I shared; I promise).
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I recall deliciously cuddling my sons in their earliest years.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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I recall deliciously cuddling my sons in their earliest years.
Of What Will Be Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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It's the star here at Percy, available traditional (part "moist" - aka deliciously fatty - and part lean, with burnt ends) or extra lean, for those averse to the fat.
The Clog 2009
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This is turning out to be a great summer for lovers of cliches: France's football team is behaving with the kind of deliciously Gallic huffiness last seen from Pepe le Pew after being rejected by a suitor.
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Ponder- It just kind of deliciously pops languidly out of my mouth.
Archive 2009-08-01 Alena 2009
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Ponder- It just kind of deliciously pops languidly out of my mouth.
A Few of My Favorite Ps Alena 2009
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