Meaning & use

blissfully

adverb·Academic

In a way that shows complete happiness, or with a lack of awareness of a problem.

See it in a sentence

They spent the afternoon blissfully unaware that the flight had already been canceled.

The toddler slept blissfully through the entire thunderstorm without waking once.

A note on using this word

Blissfully often pairs with unaware or ignorant to suggest someone is happy precisely because they do not know about a problem.

Words with a similar meaning

happilyjoyfully

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

miserably

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