Divinely
[də'vaɪnli]
Definition
(adv.) by divine means; 'the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.
(adv.) By the agency or influence of God.
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Examples
- It amazed me to think that one so divinely beautiful could at the same time be so fiendishly vindictive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A daughter of the gods, Devinely tall, and most divinely fair, was all the satisfaction she got, however. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The long lines of red and gold in the sky, and the glorious track of the descending sun, were all divinely calm. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Church was to be the ruler of the world over all nations, the divinely led ruling power over a great league of terrestrial states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How divinely they fall over your shoulders! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They all pose as though their real opinions had been discovered and attained through the self-evolving of a cold, pure, divinely indifferent dialectic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She had decided that the earth was the very centre of God's creation, and that the Pope was the divinely appointed ruler of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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