Rapturously
[ræptʃərəslɪ]
Definition
(adv.) In a rapturous manner.
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Examples
- Do not you know she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Must we continue to muddle along in the old ruts, gazing rapturously at an impotent ideal, until the works of the scientists are matured? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Oh, my dear, dear aunt, she rapturously cried, what delight! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- A month ago I was pressing her rapturously to my bosom. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then I thought if she were, as I feared, by no means rapturously grateful for that destiny yet, when would she begin to be interested in me? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In another second I was embracing and kissing her rapturously: Bessie! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here Sloppy threw his head back, opened his mouth wide, and laughed rapturously. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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