deˈlightsomely, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a delightsome manner; delightfully, joyously.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 227 The grassehopper..was delightsomly disposed. 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme vii. lxi. 892 The misken..singeth sweetly and delightsomely. a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 84 A man is willingly, desirously, and delightsomly holden vnder sinne. 1885 Tennyson Balin & Balan, I have not lived my life delightsomely. |