Idyllic vs Unidyllic - What's the difference?
idyllic | unidyllic |
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
* 1922 — , ch V
Not idyllic.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 31, author=The Editors, title=Up Front: David Byrne, work=New York Times
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As adjectives the difference between idyllic and unidyllic
is that idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls while unidyllic is not idyllic.As a noun idyllic
is an idyllic state or situation. A substantive use of the adjective.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.
References
* *unidyllic
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Adjective
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