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angelically

UK/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkli/

angelically adverb: in an angelic manner.

Adverb

angelically (comparative more angelically, superlative most angelically)

  1. In an angelic manner.
    • Yet here was this girl, who called him up to the heights of young life again: and a brave girl; and she bled for the weak, had no shrinking from the women underfoot: for the reason, that she was a girl sovereignly pure, angelically tender.1897, George Meredith, One of Our Conquerors, Complete
    • Which would you rather be if you had the choicedivinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?"1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 2, in Anne of Green Gables

Synonyms of angelically

Antonyms

Forms of angelically

comparativemore angelically
superlativemost angelically

Origin of angelically

From angelic + -ally or angelical + -ly.

Questions about angelically

What does angelically mean?
Angelically means in an angelic manner.
What part of speech is angelically?
Angelically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce angelically?
Angelically is pronounced /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkli/ (UK).

Words near angelically in the dictionary

  1. angelica
  2. angelica tree
  3. angelica trees
  4. angelical
  5. angelicality
  6. angelically
  7. angelicalness
  8. angelicas
  9. angelicic acid
  10. angelicide
  11. angelicin

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