desirably

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UK/dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbli/

adverb

in a manner likely to arouse desire

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adverbdesirably (comparative more desirably, superlative most desirably)

comparative more desirably · superlative most desirably

  1. in a manner likely to arouse desire

    How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones?

    2004, John Winthrop Haeger, North American Pinot Noir, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 150
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    The men were princely dressed in pin striped suits, fedora hats and broad toe shoes with patterned vamps. I had only seen these desirably dressed men as moving watercolor images in Velvet Rose magazines.

    2020, Veronica Purcell, The Fourth Zaldizko (Seriphyn Knight Chronicles; book 2), Katarr Kanticles Press, page 7

Origin

Translations

Catalan desitjablement
  • desitjablementin a manner likely to arouse desire
French désirablement
  • désirablementin a manner likely to arouse desire
Spanish deseablemente
  • deseablementein a manner likely to arouse desire
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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