[syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Angelic \An*gel"ic\, Angelical \An*gel"ic*al\, a. [L. angelicus,
Gr. ?: cf. F. ang['e]lique.]
1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling,
characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an
angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps."
--Thomson."Angelical actions." --Hooker.
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The union of womanly tenderness and angelic
patience. --Macaulay.
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2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an
angelic smile.
Syn: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an
angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.
Syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly,
sainted.
[WordNet 1.5]
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. --Eadie.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Angelic \An*gel"ic\, a. [From Angelica.] (Chem.)
Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
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Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other
plants.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
angelic
adj 1: 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" [syn: angelic, angelical, beatific,
saintlike, saintly, sainted]
2: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn:
angelic, angelical]
3: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an
angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when
he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic,
angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "angelic":
Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, admirable, adorable,
archangelic, beatified, blameless, canonized, caressable,
celestial, charming, cherubic, childlike, clear, cuddlesome,
dovelike, faultless, glorified, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good,
guiltless, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, in glory,
in the clear, incorrupt, innocent, just, kissable, lamblike,
likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, martyred, moral, not guilty,
offenseless, otherworldly, prelapsarian, pristine, pure,
pure in heart, purehearted, redeemed, reproachless, right-minded,
righteous, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sans reproche, saved,
seraphic, sinless, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, sweet,
uncorrupted, undefiled, unearthly, unfallen, unlapsed,
untouched by evil, unworldly, upright, virtuous, winning, winsome,
with clean hands, without reproach