bliss

(blĭs)

1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.

2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.

Phrasal Verb:

bliss out Slang

To go into a state of ecstasy.

[Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blīths, from blīthe, joyful; see blithe.]

bliss′ful adj.

bliss′ful·ly adv.

bliss′ful·ness n.

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Adv.

blissfully - in a blissful manner; "he was blissfully unaware of the danger"

Translations

بِسَعادةٍ، بِغِبْطَةٍ، بِهَناء

blaženěšťastně

lyksaligt

glückselig

igen nagy boldogság

fullkomlega, hamingjusamlega

beatamente

blažene

mutluluklasaadetle

幸福地极乐地

blissfully

[ˈblɪsfəlɪ] ADV [sigh, lounge] → con felicidad
blissfully happy → sumamente feliz
blissfully ignorant → feliz en la ignorancia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blissfully

[ˈblɪsfʊli] adv

[smile] → béatement, d'un air béat

[happy] → parfaitement

(= in bliss) → voluptueusement

blissfully unaware of ... → parfaitement ignorant(e) de ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blissfully

adv stretch → wohlig; peaceful → paradiesisch, herrlich; smile → selig; blissfully happy → überglücklich; to be blissfully ignorant/unaware → so herrlich ahnungslos/arglos sein; he remained blissfully ignorant of what was going on → er ahnte in keinster Weise, was eigentlich vor sich ging

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blissfully

[ˈblɪsfəlɪ] adv (sigh, smile) → beatamente
blissfully happy → magnificamente felice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bliss

(blis) noun

very great happiness. the bliss of a young married couple.

ˈblissful adjective

ˈblissfully adverb

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Anne heard it and thrilled to it; Gilbert heard it, and wondered only that all the birds in the world had not burst into jubilant song; Paul heard it and later wrote a lyric about it which was one of the most admired in his first volume of verse; Charlotta the Fourth heard it and was blissfully sure it meant good luck for her adored Miss Shirley.

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Hath it already wandered too long, blissfully, among good and ripe things?

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After that he no longer made love to her with his fiddle, but they would sit for hours in the kitchen, blissfully happy in each other's arms; it was the tacit convention of the family to know nothing of what was going on in that corner.

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All of which came to pass, Michael blissfully unappeasable until the order was filled properly.

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our conversation yesterday?" said Levin, blissfully dropping his eyelids and drawing deep breaths after finishing his dinner, and absolutely incapable of recalling what their conversation yesterday was about.

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We 've helt 'em back; derned if we haven't." The men said it blissfully, leering at each other with dirty smiles.

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But Sloane was blissfully ignorant; he thought he was quite a fine fellow to be walking with two such coeds, especially Philippa Gordon, the class beauty and belle.

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And I still had a sweet tooth, and on privy occasions when there was no man to see, bought candy and blissfully devoured it.

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"Oh yes," sighed Anne, blissfully unconscious of any sarcasm on Marilla's part.

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The old countess, not letting go of his hand and kissing it every moment, sat beside him: the rest, crowding round him, watched every movement, word, or look of his, never taking their blissfully adoring eyes off him.

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I do not know how he attained even that magnificent distance from shore, for he had but a single oar, with which he was blissfully rowing about in circles.

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At this moment he was standing before the fire, listening to a discussion between his uncles and his father, looking as wise as a young owl, and blissfully unconscious of the plots against him.

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