idyllic

CEFRC1

/ɪˈdɪlɪk/

adjective

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01
adjective
Peaceful, beautiful, and seemingly perfect.
02
adjective
Extra detail
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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They spent their vacation in an idyllic mountain village.
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.

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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
The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
1922, John Buchan, “chapter II”, in Huntingtower
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
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

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From idyll + -ic.