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angelic

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As an adjective, angelic means belonging to, or proceeding from, angels.

Meanings of angelic

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

  2. Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.

    “an angelic child”

  3. chemistryOf or pertaining to angelic acid.

    “''an angelic ester”

  4. topologyA regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.

  5. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint

    “angelic beneficence”

    “a beatific smile”

    “a saintly concern for his fellow men”

    Similar: angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted
  6. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

    “an angelic smile”

    “a cherubic face”

    “looking so seraphic when he slept”

    Similar: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an ang…
adjective: of or relating to angels
adjective: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

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