Search

of or belonging to :
the angelic host.
like or befitting an , especially in virtue, beauty, etc.:
angelic sweetness.
historical examples

some saints, it is true, like luigi di gonzaga, were so angelically natured that they never felt the sting of s-xual desire.
studies in the psychology of s-x, volume 6 (of 6) havelock ellis

persis angelically urged him to stay in his room and nurse his cold.
what will people say? rupert hughes

ay, marry, said homenas, but you never saw these that are angelically written.
gargantua and pantagruel, complete. francois rabelais

i never saw her so angelically beautiful as she was this morning.
saxe holm’s stories helen hunt jackson

those who are privileged to hear him talk are delighted to find his speech divinely or angelically inspired.
hugh, bishop of lincoln charles l. marson

and so he went over the same ground and most angelically refuted himself from the beginning of his former pleading to the end.
law and laughter george alexander morton

i credited the calumny with which the good fame of the angelically pure wife of an honorable man had been defiled.
debts of honor maurus jkai

it was evident that she had been roused from her slumber, but she was angelically good-tempered over it.
the admiral douglas sladen

he was of a surly trend in his cups, but ten eyck was angelically patient as he lugged him to the coat-room.
what will people say? rupert hughes

he was to be taught to understand—nay, angelically he would understand at once—why she had behaved apparently so contradictorily.
the tragic comedians, complete george meredith

adjective
of or relating to angels
also angelical. resembling an angel in beauty, purity, etc
adj.

late 15c., “pertaining to angels,” from old french angelique “angelic” (modern french angélique (13c.), from latin angelicus, from greek angelikos “angelic,” from angelos (see angel). meaning “angel-like” is from late 14c.; sense of “wonderfully pure, sweet” is recorded from early 16c. related: angelically.