angelic
adjective
an·gel·ic
an-ˈje-lik 
variants
or less commonly angelical
: of or relating to angels
angelic forms
For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures …—
James Joyce
: resembling, or suggestive of, an angel (as in purity, holiness, innocence, or beauty)
James Joycea sweet, angelic child
an angelic voice/smile
When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity?—William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace ThackerayAt 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano …—Joan Anderman
Joan Anderman
angelically
adverb
smiling angelically
And, oh, how good we were! How angelically and unnaturally good!
—Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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At one point, there’s a montage that bounces between Irene practicing at the ballet bar, almost glowing with angelic light, and Soames signing his name onto documents at the office.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
Most importantly, all the Synoptic Gospels narrate the women’s encounter with angelic figures at the empty tomb, who, in Matthew and Mark, instruct them to tell the other disciples that Jesus has been raised from the dead.
—Mary Foskett, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
The angelic look first debuted in January at the Tamara Ralph Couture Spring/Summer 2026 fashion show at Paris Couture Week.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
The choreography is quiet, almost angelic.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
Most importantly, all the Synoptic Gospels narrate the women’s encounter with angelic figures at the empty tomb, who, in Matthew and Mark, instruct them to tell the other disciples that Jesus has been raised from the dead.
—Mary Foskett, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
The angelic look first debuted in January at the Tamara Ralph Couture Spring/Summer 2026 fashion show at Paris Couture Week.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
The choreography is quiet, almost angelic.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angelic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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