"idyllic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/ [UK], /aɪˈdɪlɪk/ [US] Audio: en-uk-idyllic.ogg , en-us-idyllic.ogg , en-au-idyllic.ogg Forms: more idyllic [comparative], most idyllic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪk Etymology: From idyll + -ic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{suffix|en|idyll|ic}} idyll + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)
  1. Of or pertaining to idylls. Translations (of or pertaining to idylls): idíl·lic (Catalan), 田園詩的 /田园诗的 (tiányuánshīde) (Chinese Mandarin), idyllisk (Danish), idylli- (Finnish), idyllinen (Finnish), idyllique (French), idyllisch (German), ειδυλλιακός (eidylliakós) (Greek), idilli (Hungarian), idillico (Italian), идиллиялық (idilliälyq) (Kazakh), idylliczny (Polish), idílico (Portuguese), идиллический (idilličeskij) (Russian), idílico (Spanish), ідилі́чний (idylíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. Translations (happy, peaceful, picturescue): идиличен (idiličen) (Bulgarian), idíl·lic (Catalan), 田園 /田园 (tiányuán) (Chinese Mandarin), idylický (Czech), idyllisk (Danish), idyllisch (Dutch), idyllinen (Finnish), idyllique (French), idyllisch (German), ειδυλλιακός (eidylliakós) (Greek), idillico (Italian), энх тунх (enx tunx) (Mongolian), idylliczny (Polish), sielankowy (Polish), idilic [masculine] (Romanian), idílico (Spanish), idyllisk (Swedish), ідилі́чний (idylíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-idyllic-en-adj-YoJMACeR Disambiguation of 'happy, peaceful, picturescue': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: idyllically, idyllical, unidyllic

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/ [UK], /aɪˈdɪlɪk/ [US] Audio: en-uk-idyllic.ogg , en-us-idyllic.ogg , en-au-idyllic.ogg Forms: idyllics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪk Etymology: From idyll + -ic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{suffix|en|idyll|ic}} idyll + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} idyllic (plural idyllics)
  1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
    Sense id: en-idyllic-en-noun-FRKJYTst

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      "word": "idyllically"
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          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
      "word": "idíl·lic"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
      "word": "идиллиялық"
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
      "word": "idylliczny"
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to idylls",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
      "word": "идиличен"
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
      "word": "idyllisk"
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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      "sense": "happy, peaceful, picturescue",
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