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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to angels;
- Example: "angelic messenger"
[syn: angelic, angelical]

2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;
- Example: "an angelic smile"
- Example: "a cherubic face"
- Example: "looking so seraphic when he slept"
- Example: "a sweet disposition"
[syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]

3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint;
- Example: "angelic beneficence"
- Example: "a beatific smile"
- Example: "a saintly concern for his fellow men"
- Example: "my sainted mother"
[syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted]



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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The union of womanly tenderness and angelic
            patience.                             --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

angelical
    adj 1: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn:
           angelic, angelical]
    2: 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]
    3: 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]