rhapsodically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The man is rhapsodically shameless—oafishly charismatic, memorably strange-looking—a cynic at heart, and a carny in spirit.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Bringing out piquant details all over, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s music director, luxuriated in the score — a bit too rhapsodically, as momentum kept slackening.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
The work in progress, which he talked about on a recent edition of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” had the theater world rhapsodically abuzz.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
He then went on rhapsodically to declare his passion; his suspicions that I was forming a connection with Mr. Boyer, which would effectually destroy all his hopes of future happiness.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webster Foster
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