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fragrantly

fragrantly

4.3
In a way that has a strong, pleasant smell
  • adverb
  • /ˈfreɪɡrəntli/
translation icon : aromáticamente
  • The flowers in the garden bloomed fragrantly, filling the air with a sweet scent.

I now understood menu choices could not provide, only faintly and fragrantly allude to when arriving swaddled in steam veils.

Examples

  • Kai returned, bearing tea fragrantly steaming in a translucent china cup.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Within the oven, the bird fragrantly roasted.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I now understood menu choices could not provide, only faintly and fragrantly allude to when arriving swaddled in steam veils.

    Harvard University

  • She baked cookies that fragrantly filled the house, making everyone's mouth water.

  • As the incense burned, the room filled fragrantly with a calming aroma.

Synonyms

delightfully
vsfragrantly
21 1.8

In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy

applies to pleasant smell specifically not general enjoyment
deliciously
vsfragrantly
19 2.3

In a very pleasant way that gives strong pleasure to the senses, especially taste

emphasizes pleasant smell rather than taste
aromatically
vsfragrantly
3.9

Gives off a pleasant, noticeable smell

is about a sweet or generally pleasant smell

How Fragrant

headily
8.8
fragrantly
4.3
mildly
92 2.7
faintly
47 2.7

Surface Forms

fragrantly positive

Morphology

fragrantly = fragrant (transparent) = fragrant + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'fragrant' yielding the literal meaning 'in a fragrant manner'.

Etymology

Fragrantly comes from the Latin fragrans meaning 'smelling' or 'sweet smell', and it shares the same root as fragrant and fragrance, so fragrantly means 'in a way that smells pleasant'.