deliriously

1. 1.

   as if in a delirium

   “he was talking deliriously”
2. 2.

   in a delirious manner

   “her answer made him deliriously happy”

Questions about deliriously

What does deliriously mean?

deliriously means "as if in a delirium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deliriously?

deliriously has 5 syllables and divides as de-li-ri-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is deliriously a common word?

deliriously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.