Antonyms for delightfully

Grammar : Adv

Spell : dih-lahyt-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪt fəl

Definition of delightfully

Origin : c.1400, from delight (n.) + -ful. Related: Delightfully.

As in beautifully : adv in an attractive or pleasing manner
As in gracefully : adv lithely
As in gladly : adv happily
As in happily : adv with joy, pleasure

Example sentences :

Certainly they have an appearance of so doing which is delightfully deceptive.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Some are delightfully ingenuous, with the lovable simplicity of the child.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

They followed each other intimately and delightfully in a long succession.
Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

They were, and the inscriptions were delightfully informal and friendly.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

It was a delightfully amusing trait in the German character.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

How delightfully flew our days on this particular Christmas visit.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 » by Various

It was absurd, if you like—but it was delightfully rejuvenating.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

The other's tone was delightfully envious of Uriah's good fortune.
Extract from : « The New Land » by Elma Ehrlich Levinger

The first volume is delightfully handy and the type excellent.
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

So out of the common as it was, you know, and delightfully odd, and—and—all that.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

Synonyms for delightfully

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