idyllic

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɪˈdɪlɪk/(UK)
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/ɪˈdɪlɪk/(UK) · /aɪˈdɪlɪk/(US)

Definition of idyllic

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to idylls.
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to idylls.
  2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
    “My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.”
    “The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.”
    “I think I learned more from my family than they did from me in the brief idyllic time we spent together. None of them much more than a mile from home, they carried the aura of a close-knit community as a shield against against the unknown.”

noun

  1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
    “He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.”

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Etymology

From idyll + -ic.

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