1
: pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
an idyllic childhood
2
: of, relating to, or being an idyll
Examples of idyllic in a Sentence
He had an idyllic childhood.
an idyllic retreat in the countryside
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Sounds idyllic, except one neighbor keeps summoning the cops — and eventually someone gets shot.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Rockridge has long been among Oakland’s most idyllic and priciest areas, exactly the kind of neighborhood that is often resistant to the taller, more populous density housing the city is now planning for it.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
As the couple slowly forget everything around them, their idyllic romance ends in an emotional instability that neither Dana nor Gael can control, and whose consequences mark Dana and Mara’s lives forever.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Idyllic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idyllic. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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idyllic
adjective
idyl·lic
ī-ˈdil-ik 
: simple and charming
an idyllic little town
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