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blissfully

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bliss  (bls)
n.
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 blths, from blthe, joyful; see blithe.]
blissful adj.
blissful·ly adv.
blissful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.blissfully - in a blissful manner; "he was blissfully unaware of the danger"
Translations
blissfully [ˈblɪsfəlɪ] ADV [sigh, lounge] → con felicidad
blissfully happy → sumamente feliz
blissfully ignorant → feliz en la ignorancia
blissfully [ˈblɪsfʊli] adv
[smile] → béatement, d'un air béat
[happy] → parfaitement
(= in bliss) → voluptueusement
blissfully unaware of ... → parfaitement ignorant(e) de ...
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
blissfully [ˈblɪsfəlɪ] adv (sigh, smile) → beatamente
blissfully happy → magnificamente felice
blissfully [ˈblɪsfəlɪ] adv (sigh, smile) → beatamente
blissfully happy → magnificamente felice


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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.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Hath it already wandered too long, blissfully, among good and ripe things?
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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