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Recent Examples of gorgeously
The song was originally released on 1987’s Hold Your Fire and features Mann providing backing vocals and gorgeously riffing with Lee’s high tenor.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 June 2026
In this inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby, one novella and three stories take on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
My suggestions are The Lexington or Forepaugh’s — both historic restaurants that have been revived gorgeously in the past few years.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
Though within easy reach of Cyprus’s beach resorts, this gorgeously rugged corner of the island has long escaped most travelers’ notice.
—Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Made from a lightweight, stretchy jersey material, this top naturally drapes gorgeously across the body.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
Harnessing the period drama expertise of Banijay’s Diagonal and its key crew, the crossover of historical thriller and arthouse social point film, tense at times and gorgeously shot, played off the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2026
These are gorgeously drawn in the style of pen and ink, with AJ’s pen strokes taking on the slick curves of the ocean waves.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
They at first preferred buncheong, a rustic style of stoneware decorated with white slip, gorgeously epitomized by a late 15th-century bowl marked by wide sweeps of pale brushwork on its interior and exterior, nothing more.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 June 2026
In this inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby, one novella and three stories take on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
My suggestions are The Lexington or Forepaugh’s — both historic restaurants that have been revived gorgeously in the past few years.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
Though within easy reach of Cyprus’s beach resorts, this gorgeously rugged corner of the island has long escaped most travelers’ notice.
—Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Made from a lightweight, stretchy jersey material, this top naturally drapes gorgeously across the body.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
Harnessing the period drama expertise of Banijay’s Diagonal and its key crew, the crossover of historical thriller and arthouse social point film, tense at times and gorgeously shot, played off the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2026
These are gorgeously drawn in the style of pen and ink, with AJ’s pen strokes taking on the slick curves of the ocean waves.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
They at first preferred buncheong, a rustic style of stoneware decorated with white slip, gorgeously epitomized by a late 15th-century bowl marked by wide sweeps of pale brushwork on its interior and exterior, nothing more.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorgeously
Adverb
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The bathhouse was richly decorated.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
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Then, each June, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, the town’s traditional dresses—richly decorated, pleated, and baroque in their ornamentation—are brought back into the light.—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Known as earthshine, the effect makes the moon appear strikingly three-dimensional through binoculars.—
Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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The nation partied a lot this weekend – revealing strikingly different stories of America during its 250th summer.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Banks want credit for having moved beyond the Value at Risk models that failed so spectacularly in 2008, when trading-book losses at major institutions exceeded 99th-percentile VaR estimates by factors of three to ten, according to the Basel Committee's own post-crisis review.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The line — delivered by Timothy Simons, who played the spectacularly insecure Jonah Ryan on Veep — earned one of the semester’s biggest laughs.—
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
16 June 2026
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After all, Jackson finished the 2025 season splendidly.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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At other times, the cage might be ornately gilded.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
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“Gorgeously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorgeously. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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