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RAPTUROUSLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an ecstatic manner
Example:
he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa
Synonyms:
ecstatically; rapturously; rhapsodically
Classified under:
Pertainym:
rapturous (feeling great rapture or delight)
Context examples:
After the removal of the cloth, and the singing of Non Nobis (beautifully executed, and in which we were at no loss to distinguish the bell-like notes of that gifted amateur, WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE, JUNIOR), the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were severally given and rapturously received.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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