Saintly

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  • Word Usage
    "After breakfast, having satisfied himself before the mirror that his dress was faultless, and his expression saintly, he went out and travelled by rail from Sloane Square to West Kensington, whence he walked to Laurel Grove."
    Equivalent
    good  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    faintly  quaintly  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    angelic  august  chaste  courtly  exalt  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning