Mellifluously

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a mellifluous manner; sweetly.

    "When amatory poets sing their loves In liquid lines mellifluously bland, And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves, They little think what mischief is in hand […]"

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"When amatory poets sing their loves In liquid lines mellifluously bland, And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves, They little think what mischief is in hand […]"

Etymology

From mellifluous + -ly.

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