as in deliciously
in a pleasing way
a delightfully silly song about dancing bears
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Recent Examples of delightfully
The seafood towers are delightfully tall, gleaming with mussels and smoked fish dip.
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Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Completed in 2022 by Portuondo Perotti Architects, the delightfully eccentric 12,000-square-foot home is a modern love letter to Art Nouveau.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
The unlikely couple are pursuing the mysterious Gary De'Snake (Ke Huy Quan) this time around in what is sure to be a delightfully twisty mystery.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The most delightfully bizarre of the three is creator Gonzalo Cordova and animation studio Cinema Fantasma’s short-form, stop-motion, Spanish-language Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, a sort of camp telenovela set in 1980s Ecuador.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
This delightfully cheesy and savory meal has shoppers filling their carts with enough mac & cheese to last all year.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
This charming, walkable area feels like it’s frozen in time, lined with brick pavers and original Georgian-style red brick homes — many adorned in autumn wreaths and flower boxes or delightfully spooky decor.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Where to stay An hour and 15 minutes’ drive from the park is the delightfully old-school Silver City Mountain Resort.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Completed in 2022 by Portuondo Perotti Architects, the delightfully eccentric 12,000-square-foot home is a modern love letter to Art Nouveau.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
The unlikely couple are pursuing the mysterious Gary De'Snake (Ke Huy Quan) this time around in what is sure to be a delightfully twisty mystery.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The most delightfully bizarre of the three is creator Gonzalo Cordova and animation studio Cinema Fantasma’s short-form, stop-motion, Spanish-language Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, a sort of camp telenovela set in 1980s Ecuador.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
This delightfully cheesy and savory meal has shoppers filling their carts with enough mac & cheese to last all year.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
This charming, walkable area feels like it’s frozen in time, lined with brick pavers and original Georgian-style red brick homes — many adorned in autumn wreaths and flower boxes or delightfully spooky decor.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Where to stay An hour and 15 minutes’ drive from the park is the delightfully old-school Silver City Mountain Resort.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delightfully
Adverb
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The historic buildings are a step back in time but the boutiques, bars, and eateries are deliciously fresh and up to date.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Saint Laurent’s velvety soft suede is deliciously luxurious in every sense.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This worked nicely in my open living room and now serves as the focal point of the space, with a set of two accent chairs completing the floating furniture layout.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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And all the various mysteries come to a head in the final two episodes and are wrapped up nicely.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This buttery-soft duo features a pullover half-zip sweatshirt and a pair of elastic waistband sweatpants that look great worn together or separately.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite the chaos at Newark, the internal systems for United ran great, said Harteveldt.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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To that end, here’s a selection of the best (and most enjoyably bad) literary film and TV coming to streaming services this month.—
Emily Temple
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Miller often called well into the evening, Dudek said, to chastise him about anything the press had reported that day that had caught the administration off guard.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Natural fabrics like cotton and wool, however, are best left to the pros.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Each character’s hangups and drive are finely drawn throughout.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Adverbs that pertain to cutting are also super important, like thinly, coarsely, or finely.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But these charmingly casual houses, many of them centuries old, come with a rigid spatial order that is antithetical to modern lifestyles.—
Joseph Giovannini,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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Here he’s been renamed Vadim (or Vlad) Baranov and is played by Paul Dano in the actor’s charmingly offhand and cerebral manner.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Sly jokes and cute cameos sprinkle the rest of the film like holy water, and Wan himself even appears in a pleasantly pandering concluding scene that nails the spirit of fan service.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Inside, works by Casey McCafferty, John Hogan, Seungjin Yang, and others have created a conversation with the original design in ways that can feel pleasantly subversive.—
John Wogan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Delightfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightfully. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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