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extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye- The cake is delicious, scrumptious and delectable.
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
- We transform farm-fresh ingredients into delectable dishes.
- They were talking about Lord Lowborough and his delectable lady,Anne Bronte -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Making the hard way sweet and delectable.Shakespeare -- King Richard II
- She had the adorable habit of letting the pink tip of her tongue protrude from her full, delectable lips while she concentrated.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- I have a dry red from the Arbor, crisp and delectable.George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
- How delectable it was to think of this baby, her baby, their baby.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- After kola nuts had been presented and eaten, the people of the sky set before their guests the most delectable dishes Tortoise had even seen or dreamed of.Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- He liked to sit and lick the carpeting with lust, as if it had been larded with the most delectable gravy he had ever tasted.John Grogan -- Marley & Me
- Better to abstain from the gardens of delectable delights than to be stuck planting them, dawn to dusk.Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
- In a forest looking for beechnuts and truffles and delectable roots, pushing leaves aside with my wonderful strong nose, searching and sniffing along the ground, smelling, smelling, smelling ....E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
- OF THE DELECTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA, HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTSMiguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
- What a sweet and succulent morsel: so soft, so salty, so deliciously delectable, it makes me want to wiggle with delight.Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread.Daphne du Maurier -- Rebecca
- The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft, minty sugar that I've just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It's delectable!Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
- She was the delectable bait.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- About Fifteen Minutes Away from home, we stopped for a private And I tasted in our last barrage of delectable a growing sense of dread.Ellen Hopkins -- Burned
- Each man got one delectable puff.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Gladys Grierson, one of the more delectable ornaments of the senior class, had been afflicted to a greater extent with Jean Louise's complaint.Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
- As her pulse slowed almost to normal, Sa' imagined the delectable taste of moosemeat during the long winter months ahead.Velma Wallis -- Two Old Women
delectable = extremely pleasing
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely tasty (tasting good)
delectable = very pleasing
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing — especially to the sense of taste or to the eye
delectable = extremely pleasing
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