Angelic
[æn'dʒelɪk] or [æn'dʒɛlɪk]
Definition
(adj.) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; 'angelic beneficence'; 'a beatific smile'; 'a saintly concern for his fellow men'; 'my sainted mother' .
(adj.) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; 'an angelic smile'; 'a cherubic face'; 'looking so seraphic when he slept'; 'a sweet disposition' .
(adj.) of or relating to angels; 'angelic messenger' .
Typist: Martha--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Angelical
(a.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
Inputed by Emilia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Seraphic, cherubic, heavenly, celestial, ANGEL.
Edited by Darrell
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pure, ethereal, spiritual, lovely, heavenly, seraphic, rapturous, divine
ANT:Foul, hideous, demoniacal, diabolical, hellish, fiendish
Editor: Louise
Examples
- A beautiful expression, an angelic expression, came over it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her small virtues were so sweet that she would have been quite angelic if a few small naughtinesses had not kept her delightfully human. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Had we seen the last of his angelic smile in the committee-room? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The blue eyes of my angelic girl were fixed on this sweet emblem of herself: How the light palpitates, she said, which is that star's life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Rebecca said with angelic sweetness, do hear what Major Dobbin has to say against me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Billy seemed angelic like a cherub boy, or like an acolyte, Birkin was a tall, grave angel looking down to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Even the angelic gentleness of Mr. Godfrey was, you see, beginning to give way at last under the persecution inflicted on him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Why don't you say you'd have a splendid, wise, good husband and some angelic little children? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On the threshold stood the two children in their long nightgowns, with wide-eyed, angelic faces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But perfect happiness is an attribute of angels; and those who possess it, appear angelic. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Louise