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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The film opens just as its predecessor ended, with a handy recap explaining how Ne Zha and his angelic counterpart, Ao Bing, ended up in need of bodily reincarnation.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 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
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Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 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
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angelic. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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