blissfully
UK/ˈblɪsfəli//ˈblɪsfəli/
blissfully adverb: in a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
Adverb
blissfully (comparative more blissfully, superlative most blissfully)
- In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
- What changes will be wrought in the character and condition of mankind, as the millennium advances and rolls blissfully away.1834, Heman Humphrey, Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews
- I walked the blissfully painful path of human love with intoxication and tears, always knowing that love's essence was elsewhere, hidden and yet addictively present.2000, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Love Is a Fire: A Sufi's Mystical Journey Home
Forms of blissfully
| comparative | more blissfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blissfully |
Origin of blissfully
From Middle English blisfully, blisfulliche, blisvolliche, equivalent to blissful + -ly.
Questions about blissfully
- What does blissfully mean?
- Blissfully means in a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
- What part of speech is blissfully?
- Blissfully is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce blissfully?
- Blissfully is pronounced /ˈblɪsfəli/ (UK).
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