| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.[Websters]
2. In a delicious, toothsome, scrumptious or glorious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a luscious or pleasant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a delightful or gorgeous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a sweet, redolent or soft manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a fragrant or aromatic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a nice or tasteful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a celestial or godlike manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a fine, marvellous or eminent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ambrosial.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (ambrosial) | 1. Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "ambrosial food".[Wordnet]. 2. Worthy of the gods.[Wordnet]. 3. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.[Websters]. 4. Divinely excellent or beautiful.[Websters]. 5. Being delicious, delectable or delightful.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being luscious or toothsome.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being heavenly, divine, celestial or godlike.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being fragrant, aromatic, odoriferous, odorous or redolent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being delicate, dainty, exquisite or fine.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb ambrosially.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "AMBROSIALLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ambrosial
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] ambro'zhal. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting the taste or smell; as, ambrosial dews. Ben Jonson uses ambrosiac in a like sense, and Bailey has ambrosian, but these seem not to be warranted by usage.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Succulently sweet or fragrant. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Worthy of the gods. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
