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/ˌændʒˈɛlɪk/ Listen

adjective

Angelical, Angelic adj.

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." "Angelical actions." "The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience."

Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an angelic smile.

Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet.

Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.

Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted.

Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14.

Angelic adj. (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.

Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Angelic" Quotes from Famous Books

... at breakfast in a perfectly angelic frame of mind, having to all appearance utterly forgotten the "contretemps" of the previous afternoon. Perhaps this was policy, or perhaps the fact of his having won several hundred pounds the night before ...

— Stella Fregelius • H. Rider Haggard

... no resistance, but acted as one paralyzed by fear or wonder. He brought her to Sir Thomas, and received his reward. It being the month of May when she was captured, she was given the name of MARY MAY. She was apparently about eighteen years of age; an angelic creature, tall, with perfect symetry of proportion, agreeable features, good complexion, and as agile and graceful as a fawn. The governor and the officers of the garrison, and the elite of St. Johns, vied ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 - Volume 23, Number 6 • Various

... denied the right to repair them; indeed, the chance to do so is never given. This necessity of being perfect and on her guard at every moment, must surely chill her faculties and numb their exercise? Such a woman can exist only in an atmosphere of angelic forbearance. Where are the hearts from which forbearance comes with no alloy of bitter ...

— The Alkahest • Honore de Balzac

... She would never forgive me. You don't know what sympathy, what angelic sympathy, she has poured out on me about Amy. I can't possibly tell her the whole thing was a fraud. It would ...

— The Man with Two Left Feet - and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... rare and singular artist, most excellent in wall-painting. His faces have an air of the most angelic sweetness. ...

— Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 • Julia Mary Cartwright

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