angelic

adjective

an·​gel·​ic an-ˈje-lik 

variants or less commonly angelical

an-ˈje-li-kəl 

: 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)

a 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

At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano …

—Joan Anderman

angelically

an-ˈje-li-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

smiling angelically

And, oh, how good we were! How angelically and unnaturally good!

—Lucy Maud Montgomery

Examples of angelic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides. —Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026

On the flip side, the devil works hard, but the Bravo gods work harder, because, thanks to impeccable timing, this episode couldn’t have made Ciara look any more angelic. —Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

While many people have been introduced to English choral services through the angelic voices of the choristers in flowing robes and Elizabethan ruffs who sing at royal weddings and carol services, choirs perform every day in much more humble settings. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026

If new-age music is angelic but unbeholden to any religious dogma, Sunn O))) is demonic in the same way. —Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for angelic

• allelic
• philatelic
• psychedelic
• relic
• telic