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Etymology

Etymology tree English beatific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English beatifically From beatific + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a beatific manner.
   • 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. 1964 February 21, “Irrationality in Flower”, in Time:
   • 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. 2010 February 26, Ray Robertson, “Goodness gracious!”, in The Globe and Mail:
   • 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. 1945, George Orwell, chapter 8, in Animal Farm:

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Translations (1)

de glückselig (in a beatific manner)