celestiallyadv.
/sɪˈlɛstɪəli/ a. In a heavenly manner.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb]
heavenlyOE
ethereally1616
supernally1621
heavenlike1832
celestially1848
paradisiacally1881
1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1 Nov. These pretty brats..sing..celestially.
b. As from a heavenly source.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > from Heaven
heavenlyOE
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celestially1593
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii.v. 106 That supernaturall and Celestiallie reuealed truth.
1669 R. Flecknoe Epigr. 11 You'd think they were Celestially inspir'd.
1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. i. §1. 5 Celestially naked,—new queen of the world..Summer stands.
c. After the manner of celestial beings.
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxv. f. xxviiiv Thou [Quene celestyall] art to the hyghest Ioyned celestyally.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. i. sig. F.iiiiv A certaine holy father in making of a sermon, spake of heauen..so celestially, that much of his audience with the swete sounde therof, began to..fall a slepe.
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