exquisitely
excellently, especially in a way that shows extreme refinement or elegance:The scenic design is gorgeous, and the show is exquisitely lit.Under the tree stands a group of exquisitely sculpted Buddhas.
to a degree that is exceptional or extraordinary:String theory suggests that the universe is created by the vibrations of exquisitely tiny superstrings in ten spatial dimensions.
to an extreme degree; intensely: Until that point, I had not heard the details of my students’ exquisitely personal stories of the experience of war.The ocean swim was truly invigorating, and I felt exquisitely alive.
showing keen sensitivity:The blood-brain barrier is a network that exquisitely controls the movement of cells and molecules between the blood and the fluid that surrounds the brain.
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- su·per·ex·quis·ite·ly, adverb
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How to use exquisitely in a sentence
He was highly perceptive and exquisitely sensitive to everything around him.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe former is an exquisitely calibrated product of American liberalism, ever attentive to such notions as “inclusiveness.”
Mr. Politically Correct Obama, Meet Your Opposite, India’s Mr. Modi | Tunku Varadarajan | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAny ad invoking that tragedy would have to be exquisitely sensitive and carefully crafted.
Send In Bill Clinton to Save the Democratic Midterm Campaign | Robert Shrum | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had watched her shoot up into a slender but exquisitely formed woman from a frail, awkward child.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer tender face bent in compassion over a marble form so exquisitely pure that I knelt and signed myself.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So exquisitely were the two woven together that you could hardly tell where the one left off and the other began.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayBut she was an exquisitely pretty and engaging little thing, a grand little pal, and worth cultivating.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonAnd I thank God, who gave me the temper to feel grief exquisitely, that he at the same time gave me an equal capacity for joy.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThese poems, of a savour so exquisitely strange, cost him no more than any badly rhymed commonplace.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierFor above the beat of the rain and the shrill whine of the wind came a strain of music, mournful, yet exquisitely beautiful.
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