[ adv ] in a delightful manner <adv.all> the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated
Delightful \De*light"ful\, a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. ``Delightful bowers.'' --Spenser. ``Delightful fruit.'' --Milton.
Syn: Delicious; charming. See {Delicious}. -- {De*light"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*light"ful*ness}, n.
Aesop's fable of "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" (Putnam, $11.95; paperback, $5.95) has been delightfully retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley.
As Tom Rakewell, Mark Tucker struggles somewhat with a role that is heavy for his tenor, but wins through in the end. Mary Plazas makes a delightfully vulnerable Anne Trulove, who shapes her aria with style.
In the famous 'bath tub' series, delightfully brought together for this show, she is a naked, known woman unlike any other nude.
This made life difficult for the prime minister; but delightfully easy for the anti-Europeans on both sides of the House of Commons. Mr Blair's campaign speeches suggest he will take a much bolder pro-European line than Mr Smith.