blissfullyadv.
/ˈblɪsfʊli/ In a blissful manner, happily, joyously.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adverb]
seelilya1000
eadilyOE
blissfully?c1225
likinglyc1430
benewrely1483
happily?1532
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 265 Ȝef we wulleð adomesdei blisfulliche arisen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9117 A quile regn[d] king salamon Blisfulli ouer al þat land.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. vii. 246 The sowles ben blysfully in paradise.
a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 462 Wrapt Blissfully with God below.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 96 Blissfully haven'd both from joy and pain.
1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 648/1 Blissfully ignorant.
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