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delightedly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English delighted Middle English -ly English -ly English delightedly From delighted + -ly.

  1. In a delighted manner.

    Delightedly dwells he ’mong fays and talismans, And spirits; and delightedly believes Divinities, being himself divine.

    Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his pre-mortem theoretical calculations and post-mortem practical measurements hardly varied.