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- adverb In an
idyllic manner.
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- adverb in an idyllic manner
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Adj. 1. halcyon - idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; “a halcyon atmosphere” … peaceful, peaceable - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; “a peaceful nation”; “peaceful times”; “a far from peaceful Christmas”; “peaceful sleep”
Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Free speech is un-American. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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As I ventured out into rural farming villages, idyllically green valleys set in stark canyons below high white peaks, I found Tibetan people ... just being themselves.
Josh Schrei: The Ladakh Cloudburst: An Eyewitness Account 2010
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The couple have been looking to buy for about six months -- since their summer wedding -- and are thrilled to have found this apartment idyllically located “on a tree lined cobblestone street.”
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For example, eating a "free-range" turkey that spent its days idyllically scratching up bugs and pecking at grass behind the hen house sounds a lot more healthy than eating one that had its beaks clipped, was housed in a dark warehouse, jammed against others so tight that it couldn't walk, was force fed genetically engineered corn, and then slaughtered.
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It is true that in the Fragonard painting exquisitely dressed aristocrats are idyllically swinging in lavish gardens, but the clouds gathering above overpower the happy scene.
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Fans will not just root for the brave boy, but accompany him all the way as a small town that looks idyllically rustic conceals danger lurking behind the serene façade.
The Last Child-John Hart « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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The couple have been looking to buy for about six months -- since their summer wedding -- and are thrilled to have found this apartment idyllically located “on a tree lined cobblestone street.”
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It is true that in the Fragonard painting exquisitely dressed aristocrats are idyllically swinging in lavish gardens, but the clouds gathering above overpower the happy scene.
Archive 2007-03-01 Linda 2007
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To this day it is idyllically pretty, with a church, a green, thatched cottages set at different angles to the road and a watersplash where two streams meet.
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There's nothing like staring out over the clouds and Atlantic Ocean below en route home from Europe on the 4th of July to idyllically daydream what a President Barack Obama could ...
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