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

Additionally, the store is selling a T-shirt bearing the same painting Newsom’s press office posted on X last week that portrays musician Kid Rock, commentator Tucker Carlson, and an angelic version of the late Hulk Hogan praying over Newsom. —Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2025

Luanne, Hank’s angelic and naive niece who filled out the Hill family, was voiced by Brittany Murphy, who died in 2009, and her role was not recast out of respect. —Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025

Stamp, then 24, received a supporting actor Oscar nomination in 1963 for his screen debut as the angelic and optimistic HMS Avenger crewman Billy Budd. —Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025

Highlighter applied to the inner corners of the eyes and just above the Cupid’s bow offers your look an angelic luminescence. —Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for angelic

• allelic
• philatelic
• psychedelic
• relic
• telic