Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a rapturous manner; with rapture; ecstatically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a rapturous manner.
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- adverb In a
rapturous manner.
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- adverb in an ecstatic manner
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Examples
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"We're goin 'to show' em!" whispered Key delightedly to Rose, who repeated the phrase rapturously to a man on the other side.
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“We’re goin’ to show ’em!” whispered Key delightedly to Rose, who repeated the phrase rapturously to a man on the other side.
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"See," she called rapturously to Dan, "this is going to be a pig!
The Puritan Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901
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But the commandant lay in careless security upon his soft, white couch; his eyes were closed; they could not pierce the dark cell where a fellow-man, with loudly-beating heart, but silent lips, called rapturously to the fair goddess Liberty, and hastened to clasp her in his arms.
Frederick the Great and His Family Chapman Coleman 1843
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The microscopically self-analyzing and charismatic Benjamin-the Harold Brodkey of his time-was drawn to Belle's frankness and intelligence, found her "so original and lively," and her company so unconventional and invigorating, that he gave himself up "rapturously" to her company.
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The microscopically self-analyzing and charismatic Benjamin-the Harold Brodkey of his time-was drawn to Belle's frankness and intelligence, found her "so original and lively," and her company so unconventional and invigorating, that he gave himself up "rapturously" to her company.
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"Oh, so many things have happened," rapturously, "since you went away.
Glory of Youth Temple Bailey 1912
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Ms. Thurman writes rapturously about pine nuts, of the ways in which pine nuts can "improve most dishes."
George Mitrovich: The New Yorker, Pine Nuts & China George Mitrovich 2011
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Ms. Thurman writes rapturously about pine nuts, of the ways in which pine nuts can "improve most dishes."
George Mitrovich: The New Yorker, Pine Nuts & China George Mitrovich 2011
moriza commented on the word rapturously
I read this in Ogle Earth blog, part of the sentence:
Useamap.com, the map application with easy-to-remember map URLs that was rapturously reviewed on this blog a few months ago, just got better
June 1, 2007