deliciously
Americanadverb
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After Thursday saw King Kenny recruited by the traitors - that episode ending with his deliciously evil laugh - the YouTuber and former aspiring boxer brought fresh and fiendish energy to the turret.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mr. Theroux is deliciously dyspeptic, and he describes present-day books of travel as “lazy and imitative, celebrating the encroaching triviality of popular culture, or else unreadable for their flatulence and frivolity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It’s deliciously nutty and salty, courtesy of the peanut butter, and slightly bitter and acidic, thanks to the dark chocolate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It makes him laugh because he knows it’s just so deliciously bad that he gets a kick out of it, but he is going to do something about it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
There are two pairs of old batters’ gloves and a slightly dried-out glove for fielding—the type of glove people think about when they hear the word “baseball”—and there’s a deliciously worn catcher’s mitt.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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