exquisitely

[ ik-skwiz-it-lee, ek-skwi-zit-lee ]
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adverb
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

Origin of exquisitely

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Other words from exquisitely

  • su·per·ex·quis·ite·ly, adverb

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How to use exquisitely in a sentence

  • So exquisitely were the two woven together that you could hardly tell where the one left off and the other began.

  • But she was an exquisitely pretty and engaging little thing, a grand little pal, and worth cultivating.

  • And 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.

  • These poems, of a savour so exquisitely strange, cost him no more than any badly rhymed commonplace.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • For above the beat of the rain and the shrill whine of the wind came a strain of music, mournful, yet exquisitely beautiful.