angelically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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There’s no hint of either characteristic, though, in the movie’s gorgeous opening shot of an angelically sleeping child, the brush of eyelashes on freckled skin glowing in summer sunlight.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
Cue the gospel-like “ooh” chorus from her back-up singers; they’re posed angelically behind her on fluffy, white cloud set pieces.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2019
I watched him agree, angelically pleasant, to make an El Guero panini split in two, half of it vegetarian, for a demanding woman and her sullen-seeming teenage daughter.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2017
He learns that they need money to stage their production, and he gets an angelically diabolical idea—he offers them the money, with a condition.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2016
This was rude of Pip, but Cullyngham took it angelically.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Ian Hay
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