ANGELICALLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

angelically

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as in sweetly

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Adverb

Tonally, The Stunt Driver is something special — very funny but also sweetly sincere.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
In a profoundly prolific decade, Texas singer-songwriter Charley Crockett has refined a soulful country purview, crooning sweetly about love and perseverance in misfortune and yielding rave reviews and Grammy nominations.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweetly

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Trump has long talked about his survival as divinely guided, a theme Vance took up.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Murder might seem like a harsh punishment for being a greedy guest, but in the poem, Zeus and Athena support and divinely assist Odysseus’s plan to massacre Penelope’s arrogant suitors.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

Definition of divinely

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Greene, who loves to blur the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, uses this premise as a way to tenderly explore these people’s lives.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of tenderly

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Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl and mix gently to avoid squishing the avocados.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The limestone around the stadium’s perimeter gently swoops up and down in a move that recalls the gracefully curved bowl of Ryan Field’s earlier iteration.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of gently

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Her excellent debut, 2007’s Free Food for Millionaires, features upwardly mobile Korean Americans whose desire for security Lee portrayed both sympathetically and critically.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
After leaving the stand, Susan nodded sympathetically to Lindsay.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sympathetically

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Psychiatry is the work of building the airplane while flying it carefully, collaboratively, and compassionately, as conditions may change midair.

— Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026
When delivered compassionately, a no communicates and models a strong sense of judgment as an executive.

— Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of compassionately

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