Both Uses of
sublime
in
Franny and Zooey
- Everyone in the Glass family—Zooey certainly not least—was familiar with this sort of non-sequitur from Mrs. Glass. It bloomed best, most sublimely, in the middle of an emotional flareup of just this kind.
Chpt 2.2 (definition 1) *sublimely = completely
- At first piecemeal, then point-blank, he let his attention be drawn to a little scene that was being acted out sublimely, unhampered by writers and directors and producers, five stories below the window and across the street.
Chpt 2.3 (definition 2) *sublimely = wonderfully
Definitions:
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(1) (sublime as in: sublime ignorance) pure or extreme
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(2) (sublime as in: she is sublime) impressively wonderful -- often beautiful or morally admirable