delectably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The hook, "you can use my lyrics as your captions", is a delectably scathing riposte to a musician who sniped her style.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg deliver the news—well-known to many Americans, if not to the frequenters of farmers markets—that the American food industry is wildly successful at keeping us safely and even delectably fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
But it’s a study of an existential death served in delectably cold and precise portions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
She also recognizes that if she doesn’t do it, no one else will – or worse, a diner or restaurant will do the job, but not as healthily or delectably.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023
Kindness was readier in the frowsy offices of the ship’s chandlers; whence the delectably dressed youth the firm’s son soon led the way to a table and vermouth in the Avenida de Mayo.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden
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