ecstatically
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Ecstatically
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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ecstatic (ɛkˈstætɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight |
| 2. | showing or feeling great enthusiasm: ecstatic applause |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy |
| ec'statically | |
| —adv | |
| ecstatic (ɛkˈstætɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight |
| 2. | showing or feeling great enthusiasm: ecstatic applause |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy |
| ec'statically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
ecstatic
1620s, "mystically absorbed, stupefied," from Gk. ekstatikos, from eksta- (see ecstatic). Meaning "characterized by intense emotions" is from 1660s, now usually pleasurable ones, but not originally always so. Related: Ecstatically.
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Example sentences
Ecstatically, it would not be desired, but this could be done.
Inner experience has rarely been filmed so ecstatically.
She and her husband are ecstatically happy over the outcome of her situation.
And the city-which had been trying to woo a major-league team for years-responded ecstatically.
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