angelic

[an-jel-ik]

adjective

of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.

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

Sometimes an·gel·i·cal.

Origin of angelic

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

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

Synonyms for angelic

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

Antonyms for angelic

2. fiendish, diabolic.

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Examples from the Web for angelically

Historical Examples of angelically

It's because heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation: that's why.
Man And Superman
George Bernard Shaw
Persis angelically urged him to stay in his room and nurse his cold.
What Will People Say?
Rupert Hughes
I never saw her so angelically beautiful as she was this morning.
Saxe Holm's Stories
Helen Hunt Jackson
And so he went over the same ground and most angelically refuted himself from the beginning of his former pleading to the end.
Law and Laughter
George Alexander Morton
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

British Dictionary definitions for angelically

angelic

adjective

of or relating to angels

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

Derived Formsangelically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for angelically

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.