Antonyms for divinely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dih-vahyn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaɪn


Definition of divinely

Origin :
  • 1580s, from divine (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • As in beautifully : adv in an attractive or pleasing manner
  • As in excellently : adv very well
Example sentences :
  • O—— talks nonsense as agreeably as ever, and dances as divinely.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was a strange abduction; but Kirsty was divinely simple, and that way strange.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Germany, he said, had been divinely ordained to conquer the world and purify it.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Vere was almost as divinely free from self-consciousness as her father had been.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • "He is only twenty-one and divinely beautiful," said Cassy, with a ravishing gesture.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • It is a quality of my fibre, divinely inwoven like mind in matter.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • Only as he leads does he fulfil his divinely appointed destiny.
  • Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
  • This was so divinely childlike and direct that he had to tell her.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Besides, she was a divinely tall, slender, and fairy-like maiden.
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • He played, as thousands had said, divinely, not only with his hands but with his soul.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton

Synonyms for divinely

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