Definitions
Etymologies
- blessed + -ly (Wiktionary)
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“I liked how this film employed a lot of African American actors in blessedly non-demeaning parts.”
“So as Dubya's final term blessedly, thankfully, comes sputtering to an end, and the country struggles to recover from eight of the most disastrous years in its history, and as all the books are being written about Dubya being one of the worst presidents ever and how the Bush name will go down in eternal disgrace, one can't help but think: they deserve every single bit of it.”
“It's got form, and blessedly is not covered by a bag of fat.”
“I say 'blessedly' because we cannot solve a present dilemma through the same old, worn-out 'eyeglasses.”
“In the decisive opening segments of the game, Michigan State could not make a shot, the Spartans '6-10 Goran Suton was on the bench with two fouls, and Carolina was playing in some kind of blessedly magical funk, like it held the title to the building where 50,000 Michigan State fans were muted by the proceedings.”
“I stumbled into the bathroom that was blessedly empty.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery
“Before my mother was diagnosed with her terminal illness, we had finally, blessedly, reached an accord.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery
“She led me, blessedly, toward the open door and the sea.”
“All true—and all blessedly irrelevant to Shakespeare & Company's "Romeo and Juliet," a production so unhackneyed and emotionally immediate that you'll feel as though you're seeing that most ubiquitous of masterpieces through a first-timer's eyes.”
“The fall seemed to take forever, but as they crashed into springy green bushes that some landscape designer had blessedly decided to plant along a walkway, they realized that (1) the fall was only about three stories and (2) they were alive.”
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