delectably

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UK/dɪˈlɛktəbli/

adverb

In a delectable manner; delightfully.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectably.”

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Meanings

adverbdelectably (comparative more delectably, superlative most delectably)

comparative more delectably · superlative most delectably

  1. In a delectable manner; delightfully.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectably.

    1 more example

    Podson had dug out an Edgar Wallace from those sixpenny novels thrown aside by Bradly and was now spread out on the verandah on the bed pillows, very delectably at ease.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 76

Origin

From delectable + -ly.

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APA

delectably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delectably

MLA

“delectably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delectably. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delectably,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delectably.

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