All 3 Uses of
ecstatic
in
David Copperfield
- I dreamed, I thought, that once while he was blowing into this dismal flute, the old woman of the house, who had gone nearer and nearer to him in her ecstatic admiration, leaned over the back of his chair and gave him an affectionate squeeze round the neck, which stopped his playing for a moment.†
Chpt 4-6
- 'Oh, don't think of mentioning beds, Master Copperfield!' he rejoined ecstatically, drawing up one leg.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- I exclaimed, in a state of high ecstatic fervour, that not a moment's consideration could be necessary.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(ecstatic) feeling intense happiness and excitement (as when in a state of ecstasy)