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celestially, adv.|sɪˈlɛstɪəlɪ| [-ly2.] a. In a heavenly manner. b. As from a heavenly source. c. After the manner of celestial beings.
1494Fabyan iv. lxxv. 54 Thou [Quene celestyall] Art to the hyghest Ioyned celestyally. 1529More Comf. agst. Trib. ii. 1171/2 A certain holy father in makyng of a sermon, spake of heauen..so celestially, that muche of his audyence with the swete sounde therof, beganne to..fal a slepe. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. (1617) 62 That supernaturall and celestially reuealed Truth. 1658R. Flecknoe Epigr. (1670) 71 They seem to be celestially inspir'd. 1848Thackeray Let. 1 Nov., These pretty brats..sing..celestially. 1860Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. i. §1. 5 Celestially naked,—new queen of the world..Summer stands. |