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ANGELIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
Example:
my sainted mother
Synonyms:
angelic; angelical; beatific; sainted; saintlike; saintly
Classified under:
Similar:
good (morally admirable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
Example:
a sweet disposition
Synonyms:
angelic; angelical; cherubic; seraphic; sweet
Classified under:
Similar:
lovable; loveable (having characteristics that attract love or affection)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to angels
Example:
angelic messenger
Synonyms:
angelic; angelical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
angel (spiritual being attendant upon God)
Derivation:
angel (spiritual being attendant upon God)
Context examples:
I endeavoured to crush these fears and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathising with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
