[Magdalen] New to Me.

Marion Thompson marionwhitevale at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 13:58:17 UTC 2015


Just now in a radio interview I heard a woman say that a certain action 
would 'incentivize' consumers to do something.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/15/2015 10:58 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> I think it might work metaphorically, as in "Her parting words to him were deliciously sarcastic."
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> An ad for food on USA television used the word "deliciously."
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>> I think the sentence was something like "They ate deliciously."
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>> A bell went off for me.  I realize I really do not use this adverb,  but
>> a rush to the handy on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary proves
>> that deliciously is a bona fide word.
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>> I can't for the life of me put the word into a sentence that sounds
>> right.
>>
>> I would tend to employ the adjective or noun versions and avoid
>> deliciously entirely.
>>
>> YMMV.
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>>
>> David Strang.
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