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divinely

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di·vine  (d-vn)
adj. di·vin·er, di·vin·est
1.
a. Having the nature of or being a deity.
b. Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation.
c. Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred.
2. Superhuman; godlike.
3.
a. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto.
b. Extremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball.
4. Heavenly; perfect.
n.
1. A cleric.
2. A theologian.
v. di·vined, di·vin·ing, di·vines
v.tr.
1. To foretell through or as if through the art of divination. See Synonyms at foretell.
2.
a. To know by inspiration, intuition, or reflection.
b. To guess.
3. To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.
v.intr.
1. To practice divination.
2. To guess.

[Middle English, from Old French devine, from Latin dvnus, divine, foreseeing, from dvus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English divinen, from Old French deviner, from Latin dvnre, from dvnus.]

di·vinely adv.
di·vineness n.
di·viner n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.divinely - by divine means; "the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence"
Translations
divinely [dɪˈvaɪnlɪ] ADV (Rel) → divinamente (fig) → sublimementedivinamente, maravillosamente
divinely [dɪˈvaɪnli] adv
(= by God) [ordained, inspired] → par la volonté divine
(= wonderfully) [handsome, glamorous] → divinement
divinely
adv
(Rel, by God) appointed, inspiredvon Gott; divinely ordainedvon Gott gewollt; divinely noble/wisegöttlich edel/weise
(fig inf) funny, decadent etcgöttlich (inf)
divinely [dɪˈvaɪnlɪ] advdivinamente
divinely [dɪˈvaɪnlɪ] advdivinamente


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Putting my faith in old saws, as a young man will, I had never dreamed to know again a bliss so divinely passionate and pure as came to me with every glance of Nicolete's sweet eyes, with every simple pressure of her hand; and the joy that was mine when sometimes, stopping on our way, we would press together our lips ever so gravely and tenderly, seems too holy even to speak of.
One could have imagined her very fair, if not divinely tall, leaving a scent of lemons and oranges in her wake.
And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
 
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