angelic
[an-jel-ik]
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Sometimes an·gel·i·cal.
Origin of angelic
Synonyms
See more synonyms for angelic on Thesaurus.com1. ethereal, celestial, saintly, beatific, seraphic, cherubic.
Antonyms
2. fiendish, diabolic.
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Examples from the Web for angelic
Contemporary Examples
The stream of bubbly from the popped champagne bottle creates an angelic arc over her, and lands right in the glass.
Bieber and Joffrey both have angelic faces that we kind of want to punch.
“Whichever monsieur pleases,” he replied, with an angelic smile.
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February 20, 2014
We understand—who would want to give up the angelic Keita, even if it means raising a cuckoo?
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Her publicist described her as “the sweetest, kindest, just angelic soul” who was “continuously breaking the model stereotype.”
Historical Examples
They penned me up here with these saintly mothers and these angelic children.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
It is an angelic delicacy, which sets you above all our sex, and even above your own.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Rut they were all accompanied with an ineffable dignity, and an angelic purity.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
With what ecstasy will he contemplate the angelic felicity of conjugal life!
Nuts and NutcrackersCharles James Lever
"We'll be angelic, mother," they chorused, and they really meant it.
HighacresJane Abbott
angelic
- of or relating to angels
- Also: angelical resembling an angel in beauty, purity, etc
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Word Origin and History for angelic
adj.
late 15c., "pertaining to angels," from Old French angelique "angelic" (Modern French angélique (13c.), from Latin angelicus, from Greek angelikos "angelic," from angelos (see angel). Meaning "angel-like" is from late 14c.; sense of "wonderfully pure, sweet" is recorded from early 16c. Related: Angelically.
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