RAPTLY

Etymology

Adverb

raptly (comparative more raptly, superlative most raptly)

in a rapt manner

Anagrams

• paltry, partly

Source: Wiktionary


RAPT

Rapt,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

Rapt, a.

1. Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser.

2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "The rapt musician." Longfellow. 3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation. "Rapt in secret studies." Shak.

Rapt, n. Etym: [From F. rapt abduction, rape, L. raptus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt, a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.]

1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.

2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Rapt, v. i.

1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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