adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a blissful manner, happily, joyously.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 360. Ȝif we wulleð a domesdei blissfuliche arisen.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 9117. A quile regnd king salamon Blisfulli ouer al þat land.

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1489.  Caxton, Faytes of A., IV. vii. 246. The sowles ben blysfully in paradise.

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a. 1711.  Ken, Anodynes, Poet. Wks. 1721, III. 462. Wrapt Blissfully with God below.

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1820.  Keats, St. Agnes, xxvii. Blissfully haven’d both from joy and pain.

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1884.  Harper’s Mag., Sept., 644/2. The blissfully ignorant lads and lassies sang with as much unction to the peaceful congregation.

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