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SAINTLY
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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)
Derivation:
saint (person of exceptional holiness)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
saintliness (the quality of resembling a saint)