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GORGEOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gorgeously mean? 

GORGEOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb GORGEOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in an impressively beautiful mannerplay

  Familiarity information: GORGEOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GORGEOUSLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In an impressively beautiful manner

Synonyms:

gorgeously; magnificently; resplendently; splendidly

Context example:

the Princess was gorgeously dressed

Pertainym:

gorgeous (dazzlingly beautiful)


 Context examples 


At the royal tent a crowd of gorgeously dressed servants ran hither and thither in helpless panic for the guard of soldiers who were stationed there had already ridden off in the direction of the alarm.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The roof was poor and thatched; but in strange contrast to it there ran all along under the eaves a line of wooden shields, most gorgeously painted with chevron, bend, and saltire, and every heraldic device.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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