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ˈraptly, adv. [f. rapt ppl. a. + -ly2.] †a. Quickly. Obs. b. Rapturously. rare.
1646J. Gregory Notes & Obs. (1650) 74 That part of the Spheare is most raptly moved, which is most remote from the Poles. 1890S. J. Duncan Social Departure 225 Just the thing, she whispered to me raptly. c. Intently, concentratedly, absorbedly.
1924E. Power Medieval People ii. 52 The crowd of Venetian prisoners and Genoese gentlemen, raptly drinking in all the wonders of Kublai Khan. 1971Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 7/1 There was a delightful sequence of a 7 year-old girl 'cellist playing raptly and well for her judges. |