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US
/ˌænˈdʒɛɫɪk/
]
[ UK /ændʒˈɛlɪk/ ]
[ UK /ændʒˈɛlɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
angelic beneficence
my sainted mother
a saintly concern for his fellow men
a beatific smile -
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
looking so seraphic when he slept
a cherubic face
an angelic smile
a sweet disposition -
of or relating to angels
angelic messenger
How To Use angelic In A Sentence
- He was asleep on the window, looking angelic as the moonlight shone in, making his skin a smooth pale lucid colour.
- Not that he is preening: he is careless about his blond good looks, a scruffy hipster beard giving maturity to his rather angelic face. Times, Sunday Times
- Angelica points up and shows them the scrollwork along the ceiling, which makes them ooh and aah. The Kitchen Daughter
- Between Koma and The Eye Angelica Lee is running the risk of being typecast as the organ-transplant actress.
- Supported by an angelic chorus and lush orchestration, Gibb extolled the virtues of "fingering foreign dirty holes," arguing that while love may be grand, he'd rather "let 'coupledom' die Spinner
- He establishes that Evangelical theology ‘lacks a unitary hermeneutic’ of Catholicism.
- Uncooked angelica sinensis lubricates the intestines and frees the stools.
- He took up the cause with evangelical fervor.
- Several herbs also help rebalance the female endocrine system, including angelica (dong quai), licorice root, black cohosh, and chasteberries.
- Archie the cat, though otherwise angelic, is a demon where houseplants are concerned. Lemon at Work
