Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deliriously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: deliri-ous-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a delirious manner, or to the point of delirium.

Example Sentences

"We were deliriously happy."
"Excitedly their madness grind, aroused by vile ambition / At the sickly sweet promise of decomposition / Deliriously ingesting. Liquefied ruin absorbed / Innocence devoured by the elated horde"

Etymology

Etymology tree English delirious Middle English -ly English -ly English deliriously From delirious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more deliriously (comparative) most deliriously (superlative)

Questions

What does deliriously mean?: In a delirious manner, or to the point of delirium.
Where does deliriously come from?: Etymology tree English delirious Middle English -ly English -ly English deliriously From delirious + -ly.

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