Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a desirable manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a desirable manner.

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  • adverb in a manner likely to arouse desire

Etymologies

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desire +‎ -ably

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Examples

  • And restec considers [ru] that this blackout - is a good reason to develop our autonomous system of electricity supply, most desirably, using alternative energy.

    Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: Blackout in Almaty 2009

  • Kudos for a project that is perfectly fit to its place physically, socially, and desirably.

    The Rising Glen Residence by Janna Levenstein 2009

  • In a letter to the Vienna Tageblatt, he advocates an economic alliance among the Continental nations for the purpose of barring out American goods, an economic alliance, in his own language, "which may possibly and desirably develop into a political alliance."

    THE SCAB 2010

  • Instinctively she wss impelled to hold off, to make him woo her, to make herself more desirably valuable ere she yielded.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • Conis wrote that at base, kefir has some desirable nutrients, saying "The drink is a good source of calcium, protein and potassium (and less desirably, in its fruit-flavored forms, sugar)."

    How Good for You Is Kefir? Steve Carper 2008

  • We usually need a chemical like bleach (no!) or hydrogen peroxide (better) to get a desirably light shade of paper.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • The tremendous and expanding gap between the very rich and the poor is ignored, while lavish lifestyles are portrayed -- as always in escapist pop lit -- as desirably glamorous, spiritually fulfilling and a happy capitalist's just deserts.

    TV rarely tackles a topic that pays its bills: Misleading credit card ads 2010

  • We usually need a chemical like bleach (no!) or hydrogen peroxide (better) to get a desirably light shade of paper.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • We usually need a chemical like bleach (no!) or hydrogen peroxide (better) to get a desirably light shade of paper.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • We usually need a chemical like bleach (no!) or hydrogen peroxide (better) to get a desirably light shade of paper.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

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