ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Delightly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Delightly is an adverb meaning (nonstandard) delightedly; with delight.

Meaning

(nonstandard) delightedly; with delight.

Example Sentences

[...] he said delightly. "I had to make a sprint for it, though, and I shall be glad of a rest. [...]"
Miss Agnew, obviously having received further inspiration, went on delightly: “Since you're a woman of the cloth!”
“Oh, the reporter. Welcome to Wise,” she said delightly, betraying any hint of a problem with business in town. [...]”
After Xmas they will have a new baby and instead of guessing whether it's going to be a girls or boy they feel my tummy and grin delightly saying, “I bet it comes out with a tan like ours.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include delightedly, delightfully, delightingly, delightsomely, delectably, gleefully.

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