Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an ecstatic manner; rapturously; ravishingly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Rapturously; ravishingly.

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  • adverb In an ecstatic manner.

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  • adverb in an ecstatic manner

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Examples

  • However, When Djinn David proposes marriage to his beloved Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin ecstatically accepts; she has never been happier although both understands the hardships and prejudice they will face from both their species; as they have felt some of the loathing just because they have been together.

    Gale Force-Rachel Caine « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • Whether it is physically moving naturally and ecstatically, insulting your meat, teasing every aspect of your thinking, rendering your habits absurd, or healing you, all of this helps make you soft.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • They say that “word souls”—the talk of someone ecstatically awakened—are able to tune, heal, and inspire.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • The Bushmen help each other get back on the right track, and then they make the ropes stronger through the ways they ecstatically awaken the feelings that build relationship.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • When you touch people with n|om, they can ecstatically awaken.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • It calls for the big-time shaking of your booty for God, something ecstatically performed since the origin of human culture.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • While a rhythm and blues band played, the congregants danced ecstatically.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Again, being ecstatically worked by the spirit has little to do with trying to move another step closer to becoming more spiritually developed.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • This ecstatically inspired communication, which I call ecstatic talk or n|om talk, shakes and tunes the mind, clearing it from distracting influences and opening a connection to spirited creative expression.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • The drums are playing wildly while shrieks of joyous, wild delight intersperse the melodic lines that are ecstatically woven into the fabric of this Kalahari jazzfest.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

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  • "The radio reception is much better now," said Tom ecstatically.

    December 14, 2007