Antonyms for rapturously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : rap-cher-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp tʃər əs


Definition of rapturously

Origin :
  • 1670s, from rapture + -ous. Related: Rapturously (1660s).
  • As in lovingly : adv tenderly
  • As in gladly : adv happily
Example sentences :
  • Once more he pressed his lips to her hand, and kissed it rapturously.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • "I don't feel as if I'd ever want to go to sleep," she said rapturously.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • They had left each other several times, but how rapturously they had returned.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Mendel seized the preceptor's hand and kissed it rapturously.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • "He is going to stay a while longer," he informed her, rapturously.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • She raised a fold of the gown and breathed in rapturously that homy perfume.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
  • Meanwhile, we must pay some attention to the words of which they speak so rapturously.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • This pair was so evidently and rapturously content that they diffused their own atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • Dick went into the street, and was rapturously received by Binkie.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • She was rapturously encored, and the stage strewn with bouquets.
  • Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

Synonyms for rapturously

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