angelic

[ an-jel-ik ]

/ ænˈdʒɛl ɪk /

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adjective

of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.

like or befitting an angel, especially in virtue, beauty, etc.: angelic sweetness.

OTHER WORDS FOR angelic

1 ethereal, celestial, saintly, beatific, seraphic, cherubic.

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OPPOSITES FOR angelic

2 fiendish, diabolic.

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Sometimes an·gel·i·cal .

Origin of angelic

1350–1400; Middle English angelyk<Late Latin angelicus<Greek angelikós.See angel, -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM angelic

an·gel·i·cal·ly, adverban·gel·i·cal·ness, nounhy·per·an·gel·ic, adjectivehy·per·an·gel·i·cal, adjective

hy·per·an·gel·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·an·gel·ic, adjectivepseu·do·an·gel·ic, adjectivepseu·do·an·gel·i·cal, adjectivepseu·do·an·gel·i·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-an·gel·ic, adjectivequa·si-an·gel·i·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·an·gel·ic, adjectivesu·per·an·gel·i·cal·ly, adverb

How to use angelic in a sentence

Women are too fragile or too angelic or too any number of things in order to go into the workplace.
Why You Don't Feel as Fulfilled From Your Job as You Think You Should|Eliana Dockterman|January 25, 2021|Time
“It feels like we have an angelic type of love that can’t be explained,” he tells ESSENCE.
Rotimi And Girlfriend Vanessa Mdee’s Love Story Began At Essence Festival|Jasmine Grant|December 3, 2020|Essence.com
As a gift from heaven for my forbearance, down the path towards us came the Herr Rat, angelically clad in a white silk suit.
In a German Pension|Katherine Mansfield
He was of a surly trend in his cups, but Ten Eyck was angelically patient as he lugged him to the coat-room.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes

It's only upon such great occasions that I am really and angelically good—as mamma would like me to be all the time.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson
St. George smiled angelically, as one who resignedly sees the last fragments of a shining hope float away.
Romance Island|Zona Gale
Humanly happy I call him who in enjoyment finds his duty; angelically happy he, who seeks and finds his duty in enjoyment.
Anima Poet|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British Dictionary definitions for angelic

angelic

/ (ænˈdʒɛlɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to angels

Also: angelical resembling an angel in beauty, purity, etc

Derived forms of angelic

angelically, adverb

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