Bloomingly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 With or by flowers that are blooming.
"The fields dress'd so bloomingly gay ; The birds that delightfully sing -Delight not when Celia's away :"
- 2 While blossoming; in the process of blooming.
"A rose-tree never appears so bloomingly lovely as when placed between two leafless thorns ."
- 3 In the bloom of health; flourishingly.
"Though Mrs. Belsize made herself so intensely agreeable, was what is called a "fine woman," (certainly not more than forty,) and became her age bloomingly; yet the young clergyman shrunk from her ordinary civilities , and positively winced at her more glaring attentions ."
- 4 Redly; in a rosy manner.
"Little Jimmy was none the worse for the climate; the frost and snow delighted him, the boisterous easterly windows only brought the roses more bloomingly into his cheeks, and even the dreary wet days did not seem to have any injurious effect upon his robust and healthy spirits ."
- 5 Coming into full development or openness.
"May He spare him to see throughout the land bloomingly flourish the good see he himself so sedulously sowed."
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- 6 Used as a mild intensifier
"As she said this, Lady Lexley grew more bloomingly vicious; and, despite the opaque whiteness of Miss Harper's skin, a shade of green shot across her face."
Example
More examples"The fields dress'd so bloomingly gay ; The birds that delightfully sing -Delight not when Celia's away :"
Etymology
From blooming + -ly.
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