Blithe vs Idyllic - What's the difference?
blithe | idyllic |
(dated or literary) Happy, cheerful.
Indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
* 1922 — , ch V
As adjectives the difference between blithe and idyllic
is that blithe is dated or literary Happy, cheerful while idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls.As a noun idyllic is
an idyllic state or situation. A substantive use of the adjective.blithe
English
Adjective
(er)- She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * *idyllic
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Quotations
* 1896 — , ch 17 *: My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory. * 1922 — , ch II *: The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.Noun
(en noun)- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.