[Magdalen] New to Me.

[Roger Stokes]

On 16/10/2015 03:37, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> An ad for food on USA television used the word "deliciously."
>   
> I think the sentence was something like "They ate deliciously."
>   
> 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.
>   
> I can't for the life of me put the word into a sentence that sounds
> right.

The cake was deliciously cooked, meaning it had the right degree of 
moistness.  It can also be applied to things other than food so the 
satire was deliciously silly meaning it was not overdone but was enough 
to make you laugh without totally losing any sense of reality.

Roger