Beatifically

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From beatific + -ally.

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