angelic

adjective

an·​gel·​ic an-ˈje-lik How to pronounce angelic (audio)
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)
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 adverb
smiling angelically
And, oh, how good we were! How angelically and unnaturally good! Lucy Maud Montgomery

Examples of angelic in a Sentence

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of angelic was in the 15th century

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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angelic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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