beatificallyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

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, Time, "Irrationality in Flower," 21 February, 1964, [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, Ray Robertson, "Goodness gracious!", The Globe and Mail, 26 February, 2010, [3]

     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.