beatifically

In serene joy

Beatifically means in a manner expressing blissful happiness or saintly serenity.

The word derives from beatific, describing the radiant joy associated with divine blessing or heavenly vision.

Someone who smiles beatifically appears transported by peaceful contentment: She gazed beatifically at the sunset.

The adverb often carries a slight suggestion of otherworldliness or spiritual ecstasy.

spiritual

angelic

Divinely pure and good

blessed · holy · seraphic · cherubic · haloed · glorified · sanctified · sacred · hallowed · ethereal

rapturous

ecstatic

Overwhelmed with joy

transported · entranced · overjoyed · elated · exultant · rhapsodic · enthralled · glowing · radiant · transcendent

serene

calmly

In a tranquil manner

serenely · contentedly · blissfully · gently · softly · quietly · meditatively · contemplatively · composedly · harmoniously

Opposites
emotional expression/demeanor

beatificallymiserably

In wretched fashion

wretchedly · grimly · sourly · bitterly · morosely

sacred/profane character

beatificallydemonically

In a fiendish manner

diabolically · satanically · fiendishly · hellishly · infernally

Family

beatific, beatitude, beatify, beatification, beatitudes

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