as in deliciously
in a pleasing way
a delightfully silly song about dancing bears
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Recent Examples of delightfully
Boldly off-kilter, brilliant and bizarre, its dark humor and taut psychological horror are laced together in a delightfully heady blend.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
The provocative, genre-defying horror flick boasts unhinged gore, a delightfully dark sense of humor, Madigan as the creepiest aunt ever, and a crowd-pleasing finale.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Under limestone columns wrapped with star jasmine plants, the space is delightfully fragrant.
—Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
In typical provincial fashion, these four days of festivities include crafts, great food, bluegrass music, and an opportunity to visit sugar camps, where sap is boiled down into delightfully rich syrup.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
While some guests dig into stats and delightfully wonky debates (best Reds clutch hitter of all time, for example), Greiner and Freking also steer the conversation to topics any fan can appreciate – like ballpark food favorites and spirited discussions about the best baseball movie ever made.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
What a delightfully old-school episode of Survivor!
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
This immersive magic experience is one of Reno’s most delightfully strange surprises and an example of the city’s edgy creative scene.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
While both Iowa and Indiana claim bragging rights for inventing the sandwich, the exact origin remains as delightfully fuzzy as a diner countertop debate.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
The provocative, genre-defying horror flick boasts unhinged gore, a delightfully dark sense of humor, Madigan as the creepiest aunt ever, and a crowd-pleasing finale.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Under limestone columns wrapped with star jasmine plants, the space is delightfully fragrant.
—Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
In typical provincial fashion, these four days of festivities include crafts, great food, bluegrass music, and an opportunity to visit sugar camps, where sap is boiled down into delightfully rich syrup.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
While some guests dig into stats and delightfully wonky debates (best Reds clutch hitter of all time, for example), Greiner and Freking also steer the conversation to topics any fan can appreciate – like ballpark food favorites and spirited discussions about the best baseball movie ever made.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
What a delightfully old-school episode of Survivor!
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
This immersive magic experience is one of Reno’s most delightfully strange surprises and an example of the city’s edgy creative scene.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
While both Iowa and Indiana claim bragging rights for inventing the sandwich, the exact origin remains as delightfully fuzzy as a diner countertop debate.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delightfully
Adverb
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Order it with the beef-fat fries and dunk deliciously away.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
12 Mar. 2026
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The fragrance is tantalizing and the sweet and tart flavors balance deliciously, along with spicy heat.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This gives you a chance to recover nicely from storing that batch of spaghetti and meatballs in your favorite container.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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The interior spaces artfully play with old and new—Jacobean florals and damask textiles juxtapose nicely with custom wood furniture and bespoke BDDW ceramics (a favorite of Gwyneth Paltrow’s) in the form of lamps, room key fobs, and toilet paper holders, of all things.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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All these decades later, a great many people still think gasoline supplies and prices are being cynically gamed by the oil companies.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Part of what made this Lions offense great in past seasons was the combination of Gibbs and David Montgomery.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Cate Blanchett, ‘Blue Jasmine’ (2014) Blanchett delivers an enjoyably tragicomic turn in Woody Allen's dramedy as a booze-swilling, Xanax-popping hot mess.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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But thanks to engaging and winning performances, lots of captivating things get enjoyably said.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Experts estimate that their new world tour could become the best-selling ever, challenging Taylor Swift’s $2 billion record, while Bloomberg predicted that today’s launch concert alone could generate as much as $177 million in economic activity for Seoul.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ovalles Ubri, also from Allentown, has been arrested in connection with the shooting as well.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Cover and process until very finely chopped.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2026
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The tone of both films is finely calibrated, so both moments carry a sense of absurd irony.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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During the first act, McCarthy plants several characters in and around the charmingly outdated hotel where Ohm is staying for the viewer to suspect of wrongdoing later on.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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There’s a stunning rooftop spa, which ventures beyond a traditional menu of facials and massages with some charmingly woo-woo treatments—go ahead and book a tarot reading or multi-sensorial writer’s block remedy.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Not in an uncomfortable way, but pleasantly consuming.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Its architecture, in which yew hedges and pleasantly aged pink-brick walls define rooms and axial walkways, was primarily Nicolson’s work.—
Amy Waldman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Delightfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightfully. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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