Both Uses of
ecstatic
in
The Age of Innocence
- On this occasion, the front of the box was filled by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lovell Mingott, and her daughter, Mrs. Welland; and slightly withdrawn behind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers.†
Chpt 1 *ecstatically = intensely happy
- As the Marchioness Manson rose to her climax her face assumed an expression of ecstatic retrospection which would have moved Archer's mirth had he not been numb with amazement.†
Chpt 17ecstatic = feeling intense happiness and excitement
Definition:
feeling intense happiness and excitement (as when in a state of ecstasy)