Wednesday 20 January 2016

What is the adverb for 'seasoned'?

First of all, I don't think that "seasoned" means what you think it means. "Seasoned" does not mean "mature, beautiful, and correct". It simply means "experienced", "matured or ripened"; in referenced to food, "spiced"; or in reference to wood and similar materials, "dried and aged".



So it carries the connotation of maturity, but not of beauty or correctness. The word does have a slightly positive or approving connotation, but it wouldn't be advisable to use it in the way you describe.



There is no adverb form of "seasoned"; we would simply say "in a seasoned way".



Regarding this part of the question: "a word that means the blend of maturely, beautifully, and correctly and has to be used the way some art is executed"; all I can think of is "cultivated" or "cultured." The adverbial forms of the former is "cultivatedly" though this is rare. There is no single-word adverb for the latter.



You might also try "elegantly" or "sophisticatedly".

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