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DELICIOUSLY

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a very pleasurable manner

Example:

they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously

Synonyms:

deliciously; pleasurably

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

delicious (greatly pleasing or entertaining)

Sense 2

Meaning:

So as to produce a delightful taste

Example:

I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches

Synonyms:

deliciously; lusciously; scrumptiously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

delicious (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He thrilled deliciously at the remembrance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The December 25 eclipse was the icing on the cake, for that eclipse was deliciously and remarkably sweet.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mentally she was in a panic to shoot the bolts and drop the bars into place, while wanton instincts urged her to throw wide her portals and bid the deliciously strange visitor to enter in.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Sensation usurped reason, and he was quivering and palpitant with emotions he had never known, drifting deliciously on a sea of sensibility where feeling itself was exalted and spiritualized and carried beyond the summits of life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)