seraphic

adjective

se·​raph·​ic sə-ˈra-fik 

1

: of or relating to seraphim

… the immortal / Choir of Heaven's seraphic host.

—Luther C. Riggs

2

: suggestive of or resembling a seraphim or angel : angelic

a seraphic smile/voice

seraphic beauty

"You believe it all, I suppose?" she asked with seraphic gravity.

—Edith Wharton

As I stepped out of the Ataturk airport in the euphoria of homecoming, I noticed a tombstone-like tablet. It was bathed in a seraphic light …

—Busra Eskara

seraphically

sə-ˈra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of seraphic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the Menil work, the central character is an artist brandishing a bouquet of colored pencils, surrounded by a seraphic tumble of monochrome extras that are her handiwork. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

On April 17, the Danish National Girls Choir joined the Danish String Quartet at Zankel Hall for a program that roamed Scandinavia and showed off a collective precision of military caliber and seraphic sound. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026

Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026

Groff was marking time by slowly twirling, again and again, with a seraphic smile. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022

Amid that stage palette, though, the exquisite vocalism of the entire cast registered on opening night like a series of seraphic shafts of light. — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022

Seated by the window of her New York apartment, Gomez appears via video call in a red flannel button-up shirt and gold hoops, which sharpen the edges of her soft, seraphic profile. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphim seraphim entry 1 + -icus -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1