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    SAINTLY

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     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: saintlier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: saintliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saintplay

    Example:

    my sainted mother

    Synonyms:

    angelic; angelical; beatific; sainted; saintlike; saintly

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    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)

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