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lusciously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf {Lush}, {Lusty}.] 1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden. 2. Cloying; fulsome. He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey. 3. Gratifying a depraved sense obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"cious*ly}, adv -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lusciously adv : so as to produce a delightful taste; "I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches" [syn: {deliciously}, {scrumptiously}]
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