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idyllic

adjective as in perfect; extremely pleasant

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He described the University of Chicago as an "idyllic academic institution" where he was "instilled with the capacity for critical thought and an ethical compulsion not to suffer fools who impeded his search for truth".

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There is no mention of the allegations that clash with this idyllic appeal.

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The camera knits them all together in long shots, swirling around their idyllic backyard.

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Even when your love is the subject of your art, captured on camera for decades, things behind the scenes are never quite as idyllic as one might think.

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When most people think of Greece, they conjure images of ancient Athens or idyllic islands.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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