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mellifluously

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English mellifluous Middle English -ly English -ly English mellifluously From mellifluous + -ly.

  1. In a mellifluous manner; sweetly.

    When amatory poets sing their loves In liquid lines mellifluously bland, And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves, They little think what mischief is in hand […]

    […] Mr Wyse had made no secret about the pleasure it would give him to hear his sister and herself mellifluously converse in the Italian tongue […]