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idyllic

[ ahy-dil-ik ]

/ aɪˈdɪl ɪk /

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adjective

suitable for or suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple or rustic: his idyllic life in Tahiti.

of, relating to, or characteristic of an idyll.

Origin of idyllic

First recorded in 1855–60; idyll + -ic

SYNONYMS FOR idyllic

1 unspoiled, sylvan, pastoral, arcadian.

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OTHER WORDS FROM idyllic

i·dyl·li·cal·ly, adverb non·i·dyl·lic, adjective non·i·dyl·li·cal·ly, adverb un·i·dyl·lic, adjective

Words nearby idyllic

idris i, idu, idumaea, idun, idyll, idyllic, idyllist, idylls of the king, the, idée fixe, idée reçue, ie

Example sentences from the Web for idyllic

Despite the confinement, those early years were often idyllic.

An Author at Home in Lonely Landscapes |Letitia Trent |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But then, just when we feared that the Cox we suspected we knew was about to get too schmaltzy, too idyllic, she adds a caveat.

Courteney Cox Gets Personal About Her Directorial Debut, ‘Just Before I Go’ |Kevin Fallon |April 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Where the love stories are romantic but real, idyllic yet flawed.

About a Boy’s Jason Katims Is the King of Cry TV |Kevin Fallon |February 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For starters, the idyllic town near the Jersey Shore already has a Walmart.

Why Is Walmart Paying Chris Christie's Pals? |David Freedlander |February 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

On one side: concerned, alert residents who wish to keep their idyllic Oregon communities safe.

In Oregon, No Silly Call Is Too Small for Papers’ Police Blotters |Kelly Williams Brown |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was tender and idyllic, though apt in his turn to be affected and sentimental.

The Old Masters and Their Pictures |Sarah Tytler
Apollion, however, cannot forget this charming vision of idyllic joy.

Vondel's Lucifer |Joost van den Vondel
There may have been many happy lovers on these sunny prairies that idyllic summer, now forty years gone by.

The Price of the Prairie |Margaret Hill McCarter
Note: “Rose of Evening” is one of the most idyllic of Chinese art fairy-tales.

The Chinese Fairy Book |Various
An idyllic hour of love is an intermittent pulsation of friendship.

The Philosophical Letters |Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for idyllic

idyllic

/ (ɪˈdɪlɪk, aɪ-) /

adjective

of or relating to an idyll

charming; picturesque

Derived forms of idyllic

idyllically, adverb