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angelly

angelly adjective: of, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.

Adjective

angelly (comparative more angelly, superlative most angelly)

  1. (informal) Of, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.
    • Poor Grandy reached up too high and young for a floaty Eddie-hit lob, almost as high as to the angelly place, up he went, up and up and then down (him being no longer a young man but a creaky old one).1990, Chris McLeod, Homing
    • She provides the angelly voice, yes, but you bring plenty to the table, too. After all, there are undoubtedly lots of females out there who sing as well as your wife.2008, Michael Ian Black, My Custom Van

Synonyms of angelly

Forms of angelly

comparativemore angelly
superlativemost angelly

Origin of angelly

From Middle English aungelly, angely, angelich, from Old English ænġellīċ, enġellīċ, enġlelīċ (“resembling an angel; angelic”), from Proto-West Germanic *angilalīk, equivalent to angel + -ly. Compare angely.

Questions about angelly

What does angelly mean?
Angelly means of, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.
What part of speech is angelly?
Angelly is an adjective.

Words near angelly in the dictionary

  1. angellike
  2. angelling
  3. Angello
  4. Angellos
  5. angells
  6. angelly
  7. angelmaker
  8. Angelman syndrome
  9. Angelo
  10. angelocracies
  11. angelocracy

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