Delightedly
[dɪ'laɪtɪdlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) with delight; 'delightedly, she accepted the invitation'.
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Definition
(adv.) With delight; gladly.
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Examples
- Then to make an end of it, said Joe, delightedly handing the bag to my sister; it's five-and-twenty pound. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I don't know, Karkov said delightedly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes, Uncle Tom, it really begins to look beautiful, said Eva, gazing delightedly on it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Gutenberg returned home with the money, and showed it delightedly to his wife. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His laugh, in fact, is sometimes almost aboriginal; slapping his hands delightedly on his knees, he rocks back and forth and fairly shouts his pleasure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The girl laughed delightedly, and her eyes filled with pleasant tears, as he put both his arms round her waist and so held her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Adrian sprang towards her with a cry of joy, and folded her delightedly in his arms. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They talked endlessly and delightedly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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