adv
Meaning 1
In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
blissfully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɪsfəli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɪsfli/
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General-American: /ˈblɪsfəli/
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General-American: /ˈblɪsfli/
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CMU ARPABET: B L IH1 S F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a blissful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was blissfully unaware of the danger
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English blisfully, blisfulliche, blisvolliche, equivalent to blissful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: blaze — in a joyful manner
- Czech: blaženě — in a joyful manner
- Esperanto: beate — in a joyful manner
- Finnish: iloisesti — in a joyful manner
- Finnish: onnellisesti — in a joyful manner
- French: bienheureusement — in a joyful manner
- Polish: błogo — in a joyful manner