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English
Etymology
From exquisite + -ly.
Adverb
exquisitely (comparative more exquisitely, superlative most exquisitely)
- In an exquisite manner.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 527:Over the fish-dish — something sole-like, exquisitely seethed in a strange sauce, garnished with roots and fruits of the country — Tommy became sentimental.
- Exceedingly; in the highest degree.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, pages 282–283:There was something exquisitely painful in the memories that crowded upon his mind: a thousand of Constance's daily acts of affection rose before him: neyer till this moment had he felt them unrequited; but now they were remembered like a reproach.
1922, Michael Arlen, “2/2/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America.
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