adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a beatific manner; in a way that blesses; catachr. with supreme felicity.
1627. Hakewill, Apol., 495 (R.). Beatifically to behold the face of God … is a blessednes … no way incident vnto the creature beneath man.
1667. H. More, Div. Dial., II. xviii. (1713), 148. And enjoy them there more fully and beatifically.
1869. Daily News, 12 June, 5/5. Bill Racquets in his private Hansom, hanging out his hands in front and gleaming beatifically with a proud confidence in himself as a work of art.
