DELIGHTFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delightfully mean? 

• DELIGHTFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb DELIGHTFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in a delightful manner

  Familiarity information: DELIGHTFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIGHTFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a delightful manner

Context example:

the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated

Pertainym:

delightful (greatly pleasing or entertaining)

 Context examples 

A very rich and powerful one: she sang delightfully; it was a treat to listen to her;—and she played afterwards.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But it does not signify, the nights are moonlight, and we shall do delightfully.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

You see how delightfully she writes.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

So Laurie did his best, and sang delightfully, being in a particularly lively humor, for to the Marches he seldom showed the moody side of his character.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We sat round the fire, and talked delightfully.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

What could more delightfully prove that the warmth of her heart was equal to its gentleness?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I am confident that she would have performed delightfully.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

When it was mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough, which sang so delightfully that they stood still and listened to it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She DOES paint most delightfully!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

But I need not ask you, for you look delightfully.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)