All 3 Uses of
ecstatic
in
Nine Stories
- Then, suddenly, almost ecstatically, he felt sleepy.†
Story 6 *
- The image was too ecstatic to hold in place, and, finally, I let go, and fell asleep.†
Story 8
- I was on my way for lunch to meet my mother, who was going out on the street for the first time after a long illness, and I was feeling ecstatically happy when suddenly, as I was coming in to the Avenue Victor Hugo, which is a street in Paris, I bumped into a chap without any nose.†
Story 8
Definition:
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(ecstatic) feeling intense happiness and excitement (as when in a state of ecstasy)