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beatifically

adv

Etymology

From beatific + -ally.

  1. borrowed from beātificus
  2. suffixed as beatifically — “beatific + ally”

Definitions

  1. In a beatific manner.

    • Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.
    • Throughout the negotiations, Makarios would nod sagely as if agreeing with every point Ball raised. Then he would beatifically repeat that the Cyprus problem should go to the U.N.
    • Watch a YouTube video of each man in his prime, and while Little Richard is wild-eyed and manic, it's a joyous energy that lifts off the screen, not unlike an enraptured Baptist minister at his most beatifically overwhelmed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA