exquisitely

English

Etymology

From exquisite +‎ -ly.

Adverb

exquisitely (comparative more exquisitely, superlative most exquisitely)

1. 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.

2. 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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

in an exquisite manner

• French: exquisément (fr), exquisement (fr)