ravishinglyadv.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. G4 ^v His Poetry more spiritlesse than smal beere, his Oratory Arts bastard, no table to make a man rauishingly weepe that hath an Onion at his eye.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 47 [They] sing sweetlie, glance piercingly, play on Lutes rauishingly.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) x. 151 To heare a voice so rauishingly rare.

1684 A. Behn Love-lett. between Noble-man & Sister 200 The very words..are utter'd with a Voice so ravishingly soft, a tone so tender and so full of Love, 'twould charm even frenzy.

1701 J. Dennis Advancem. & Reformation Mod. Poetry ii. ii. 215 At the same time that the eye is ravishingly entertain'd, Admiration is rais'd to a height.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 107 He plays ravishingly; the creature made me envious, he touched it so admirably.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1 Nov. (1945) II. 447 They have a full chorus of boys..who sing quite ravishingly.

1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Spirited Old Lady in More New Arabian Nights 78 I need not tell you what you know very well, that you are ravishingly pretty.

1924 R. Kent Voy. Southward from Strait of Magellan 183 I have..seen there Ona maidens so ravishingly beautiful that one must marvel how I ever parted from them.

1982 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 235/2 Mascarpone is an Italian fresh cheese, ravishingly rich, bland and buttery.

1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. a6/1 In Conrad Susa's ‘Dangerous Liaisons’..he was ravishingly sexy as the betraying and betrayed Vicomte de Valmont.