as in deliciously
in a pleasing way
a delightfully silly song about dancing bears
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Recent Examples of delightfully
Even the logistics feel delightfully analog.
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Around 4,500 hospitality meals are served each day, along with a delightfully English 12,000 scones (half fruit, half plain) and another 12,000 tea cakes per Test.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The Taste Creamy and bright, the Publix Key lime pie was delightfully refreshing.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
The Latest Oceanic Summer Scents On a scale of briny-gateway fragrances to delightfully dank, shop the newest wave of oceanic perfumes.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
There’s something delightfully incongruous about arriving at Rockaway Beach.
—Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Top of the Arch Take the delightfully retro tram to the top of the 63-story Gateway Arch.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026
The Library, a delightfully ratty East Village hole-in-the-wall, is no exception.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
These moments are delightfully painful moments that remind just how frail this current moment in our relationship to technology continues to be.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Around 4,500 hospitality meals are served each day, along with a delightfully English 12,000 scones (half fruit, half plain) and another 12,000 tea cakes per Test.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The Taste Creamy and bright, the Publix Key lime pie was delightfully refreshing.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
The Latest Oceanic Summer Scents On a scale of briny-gateway fragrances to delightfully dank, shop the newest wave of oceanic perfumes.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
There’s something delightfully incongruous about arriving at Rockaway Beach.
—Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Top of the Arch Take the delightfully retro tram to the top of the 63-story Gateway Arch.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026
The Library, a delightfully ratty East Village hole-in-the-wall, is no exception.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
These moments are delightfully painful moments that remind just how frail this current moment in our relationship to technology continues to be.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delightfully
Adverb
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Today, as conversations around climate change, biodiversity, and food sustainability grow increasingly urgent, Providence stands as proof that culinary excellence and environmental responsibility can coexist beautifully and deliciously.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The Events Hall at Ian’s chapel once was part of the underground railroad system and belonged to an Amish community in Ohio; the history runs deliciously deep and diverse here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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Optimizing that tuning, called model calibration, is a process that machine learning can fit into nicely.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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The garden actually is a place for children, and this art plays nicely to a younger audience.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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Well, Lila's off doing great now.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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These same resentments likely erupted in the murder of Clapham and in the solidarity a great many local people felt with the Panis woman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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There’s one enjoyably oddball visual when Passenger Man disrupts a cozy projector-and-canopy movie night in the forest and suddenly the faces of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are on trees everywhere as mayhem ensues.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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According to sources, Thomas was asked to appear as well but ultimately decided not to participate.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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However, the unselfish captain has led MLS in assists so far, which may still bode well for South Korea.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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The siblings are heartachingly real, and minor characters are finely drawn.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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These finely ground powders are applied directly onto an ant hill and are especially advantageous for eliminating ant hills in hard-to-reach cracks and crevices, Smith says.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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With a laugh, the British native charmingly embraces any international dissonances in play.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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For the full story, stop into the Musée Frédéric Dumas at the old port, a charmingly lo-fi museum with original diving equipment on display.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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The high heat accentuates the natural sweetness of the onions and still gives them that pleasantly toasty and golden color and texture, just with a little less fuss than caramelizing onions on a stovetop, which requires regular stirring.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 June 2026
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Who Loves the Sun follows the Oklahoma noise-rockers’ 2024 LP Cool World and last year’s pleasantly unexpected Hayden Pedigo collab album In the Earth Again.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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“Delightfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightfully. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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