delightsomelyadv.
/dᵻˈlʌɪts(ə)mli/, U.S. /dəˈlaɪtsəmli/, /diˈlaɪtsəmli/ Now rare.
In a delightful manner or to a delightful degree; delightfully, charmingly. Also: with delight; delightedly.Most common in 17th cent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adverb]
delightably?c1400
deliciouslyc1405
delectably?a1425
joyfullyc1540
delightfully1576
delightsomely1576
delicately1587
adorably1715
delightingly1810
1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 227 The grassehopper..was delightsomly disposed.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. lxi. 892 The misken..singeth sweetly and delightsomely.
a1658 J. Durham Clavis Cantici (1668) vii. 402 The Bride hath been long silent, delightsomely drinking in what she hath been hearing from the Bridegrooms sweet mouth.
1870 Western Times (Exeter) 4 Nov. 8/3 The band played delightsomely, and Host Drake treated all hands to beef and beer.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 27 July t39 Those readers who now and then enquire about an authentically organic red [wine] which is unequivocally and delightsomely enthusable-over have their answer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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