idyllic

comparative more idyllic · superlative most idyllic

1. Of or pertaining to idylls.

   Synonyms: sylvan

2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

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

   1922, John Buchan, “chapter II”, in Huntingtower

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

   1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 17”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau

   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.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217

plural idyllics

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.

   1922, John Buchan, chapter V, in Huntingtower