idyllic

UK /ɪˈdɪlɪk/ US /aɪˈdɪlɪk/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

brief, little, living, romantic, together

VERB + IDYLLIC

assume, back, began, dreamed, houses, lived, retire, seems

IDYLLIC + NOUN

algeria, beauty, breakfast, country, image, knowledge, landscape, life

PREP.

about, in, in, on, with

ADV.

exactly, forever

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to idylls.

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.

noun

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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Example Bank

My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.

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The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.

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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 a

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He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.

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The time—which, looking back, seems so idyllic—is gone forever when individuals or relatively small groups could be completely self-sufficient.

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Layla dreamed about an idyllic relationship with Sami.

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