saintly

saint·ly

adj \ˈsānt-lē\

saint·li·ersaint·li·est

Definition of SAINTLY

: relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint : holy

— saint·li·ness noun

Examples of SAINTLY

1. <a saintly man who devoted his life to caring for the dying>

First Known Use of SAINTLY

1534

Related to SAINTLY

Synonyms: devout, godly, pious, religious, sainted, holy

Antonyms: antireligious, faithless, godless, impious, irreligious, ungodly, unholy

Related Words: ascetic (also ascetical), prayerful, reverent, reverential, spiritual, worshipful; pietistic, religiose; beatified, blessed (also blest), canonized, venerable; angelic (or angelical), cherubic; chaste, moral, pure, righteous, upright, virtuous

Near Antonyms: blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious; nonreligious, secular, unspiritual, worldly; backsliding, unfaithful; black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, sinful, sinning, unrighteous, wicked

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Rhymes with SAINTLY

faintly, quaintly