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Their size — along with a few other signature flourishes — means they are addictively crunchy on the edges and meltingly soft on the inside.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2023

A square of meltingly soft trout mounted on quinoa — part fluffy, part fried — sits on a tuft of almond ranch dressing ringed with a clear, green-gold oil coaxed from sea bean and rosemary.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

Fire brigades advise putting candles out before you leave a room and before bed; keeping them away from flammable materials, pets and children; and that tea light holders can make surfaces meltingly hot.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022

Leonard, who has excelled at the Met as Debussy’s Mélisande and in other major roles, does it meltingly.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2021

She had no right to call him "Drake"; she had lost that right the day she had jilted him; but she called him "Drake," and the name left her lips softly and meltingly.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles