beaˈtifically, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a beatific manner; in a way that blesses; catachr. with supreme felicity.
| 1627 Hakewill Apol. 495 (R.) Beatifically to behold the face of God..is a blessednes..no way incident vnto the creature beneath man. 1667 H. More Div. Dial. ii. xviii. (1713) 148 And enjoy them there more fully and beatifically. 1869 Daily News 12 June, Gleaming beatifically with a proud confidence in himself as a work of art. |