Definition for EX'QUI-SITE-LY

EX'QUI-SITE-LY, adv.

  1. Nicely; accurately; with great perfection; as, a work exquisitely finished; exquisitely written.
  2. With keen sensation or with nice perception. We feel pain more exquisitely when nothing diverts our attention from it. We see more exquisitely with one eye shut. Bacon.

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