Meanings
comparative more angelly · superlative most angelly
- informalOf, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.
If you ever deceive yourself into believing your children are angels, take them to a small church. Or a mosque. Or any place angelly.
2013, Leanne Shirtliffe, Don't Lick the Minivan2 more examples
Poor Grandy reached up too high and young for a floaty Eddie-hit lob, almost as high as to the angelly place, up he went, up and up and then down (him being no longer a young man but a creaky old one).
1990, Chris McLeod, HomingShe provides the angelly voice, yes, but you bring plenty to the table, too. After all, there are undoubtedly lots of females out there who sing as well as your wife.
2008, Michael Ian Black, My Custom VanSynonyms: angelical, angellike, seraphic, angelic, angelical, angellike, cherubic, cherubical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*angilalīk
- Old Englishænġellīċ
- Middle Englishaungelly
- Englishangelly
From Middle English aungelly, angely, angelich, from Old English ænġellīċ, enġellīċ, enġlelīċ (“resembling an angel; angelic”), from Proto-West Germanic *angilalīk, equivalent to angel + -ly. Compare angely.
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angelly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelly
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