Pronounced /blest/ for meaning 1, and /blesɪd/ for meaning 2.
1.
If someone is blessed with a particular good quality or skill, they have that good quality or skill.
Both are blessed with uncommon ability to fix things.
ADJ : v-link ADJ with n
2.
You use blessed to describe something that you think is wonderful, and that you are grateful for or relieved about.
Rainy weather brings blessed relief to hay fever victims.
ADJ : ADJ n [ approval ]
• bless‧ed‧ly
Most British election campaigns are blessedly brief.
ADV : usu ADV adj , also ADV with cl
3.
see also bless