rhapˈsodically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a rhapsodical manner; † disconnectedly.
| a 1608 Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 423 Thus much very rhapsodically, (yet faithfully),..I thought good to commit to the safe..conveyance of a young Merchant here. 1787 Hawkins Life Johnson 129 Pitt's [speech] void of argument, but rhapsodically and diffusively eloquent. 1819 Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 25 My pen goes galloping on most rhapsodically. 1853 Fraser's Mag. XLVII. 560 He breaks out rhapsodically in its praises. |