English edit

Etymology edit

From delectable +‎ -ly (suffix forming an adverb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈlɛktəbli/
  • Hyphenation: de‧lec‧ta‧bly

Adverb edit

delectably (comparative more delectably, superlative most delectably)

  1. In a delectable manner; delightfully.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 76:
      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.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectably.