Wondrous Words Wednesday
May 18, 2016
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky!
I found one word in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
1. lovelily – “Snowflakes of ash fell so lovelily you were tempted to stretch out your tongue to catch them, taste them.”
When I first saw this word, I thought it was a typo or a German word but I was wrong. Lovelily means in a manner to excite love; amiably
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I wonder how many times I’ve encountered lovelily and just skipped over it, thinking it a typo? Amazing!
My words this week are musical. 🙂
I don’t remember that. I probably also saw it and passed right over it, thinking it read “lovely” or something.
Makes me think of “loverly,” from My Fair Lady.
I missed it too, while reading The Book Thief. Often I lament about editing and typos, maybe, just maybe, they are new wondrous words!
I had no idea!
Glad that you caught it.
I don’t think I’ve ever come across this word!
This word really does sound very made up!
I have never seen that one around
That’s a new one for me. I’ll bet my eyes just saw lovely. Good catch Kathy.
What a lovely new word. Are you enjoying The Book Thief?
I think I too thought it was a type o when I read the book. thanks
I also missed this word when I read this book. Excellent word to know!
It does look like a typo! You definitely read more carefully. I bet I just flew past that one because it’s so close to lovely!