blessedly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English blessedly, blessidly, blestly. By surface analysis, blessed + -ly.

1. In a blessed or holy manner.

   “Therefore ſhould every Souldier in the Warres doe as euery ſicke man in his Bed, waſh euery Moth out of his Conſcience: and dying ſo, Death is to him aduantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly loſt, wherein ſuch preparation was gayned: […]”

2. Happily, joyfully; fortunately.

   “We shall blessedly meet again never to depart.”