angelically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The string trio Time for Three rises from the pit on a platform to sing angelically and play with punk ferocity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
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
We caught sight of a placard with Petry’s face, beaming angelically.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2016
As night approaches Sordello leads the poets to the angelically protected Flowery Valley wherein are found the souls of those rulers who were negligent of the spiritual life.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery
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