beatifically
English
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editbeatifically (comparative more beatifically, superlative most beatifically)
- In a beatific manner.
- 1945, George Orwell, chapter 8, in Animal Farm[1]:
- 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.
- 2010 February 26, Ray Robertson, “Goodness gracious!”, in The Globe and Mail:
- 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.
Translations
editin a beatific manner
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