angelic
adjective
an·gel·ic
an-ˈje-lik 
variants
or less commonly angelical
: of or relating to angels
angelic forms
For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures …—
James Joyce
: resembling, or suggestive of, an angel (as in purity, holiness, innocence, or beauty)
James Joycea sweet, angelic child
an angelic voice/smile
When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity?—William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace ThackerayAt 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano …—Joan Anderman
Joan Anderman
angelically
adverb
smiling angelically
And, oh, how good we were! How angelically and unnaturally good!
—Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Hathaway had an angelic voice and prodigious amounts of songwriting talent but also suffered from mental illness.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Halle Bailey, the talented actress and angelic voice behind our favorite Disney Princess, has for better or worse lived a majority of her life as a public figure.
—Essence, 16 July 2025
Rihanna is angelic with her baby bump on display at a late night dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on July 14.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 16 July 2025
An order was created and the angelic beings were arranged.
—Mary Jo Bang
july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Halle Bailey, the talented actress and angelic voice behind our favorite Disney Princess, has for better or worse lived a majority of her life as a public figure.
—Essence, 16 July 2025
Rihanna is angelic with her baby bump on display at a late night dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on July 14.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 16 July 2025
An order was created and the angelic beings were arranged.
—Mary Jo Bang
july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angelic. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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