English

Adverb

beatifically ‎(comparative more beatifically, superlative most beatifically)

1. In a beatific manner.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, Chapter 8,

     Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.

   • 1964, Time, "Irrationality in Flower," 21 February, 1964,

     Throughout the negotiations, Makarios would nod sagely as if agreeing with every point Ball raised. Then he would beatifically repeat that the Cyprus problem should go to the U.N.

   • 2010, Ray Robertson, "Goodness gracious!", The Globe and Mail, 26 February, 2010,

     Watch a YouTube video of each man in his prime, and while Little Richard is wild-eyed and manic, it's a joyous energy that lifts off the screen, not unlike an enraptured Baptist minister at his most beatifically overwhelmed.