beatifically

English

Etymology

beatific +‎ -ally

Adverb

beatifically (comparative more beatifically, superlative most beatifically)

1. 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.

   • 1964 February 21, “Irrationality in Flower”, in Time‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 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

in a beatific manner

• German: glückselig (de)