angelic

adjective

an·gel·ic an-ˈje-lik

variants or less commonly angelical

an-ˈje-li-kəl

Synonyms of angelic next

: of or relating to angels

angelic forms

For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures …—

James Joyce

: resembling, or suggestive of, an angel (as in purity, holiness, innocence, or beauty)

a sweet, angelic child

an angelic voice/smile

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

At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano …—

Joan Anderman

angelically

an-ˈje-li-k(ə-)lē

adverb

smiling angelically

And, oh, how good we were! How angelically and unnaturally good! —

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Sparkling birdcage dresses, sheer angelic pleats, and iridescent tulle bloomers are already walking during rehearsal on the runway against artist Rithika Merchant’s towering textile panels painted with botanical and mythological references. —

Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025 The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four angelic girls. —

Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025 Hull wraps her conversational, angelic vocal around lyrics of moving past mistakes and regrets to embrace new eras of hope and love. —

Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025 Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations. —

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