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SAINTLY

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• SAINTLY (adjective)
The adjective SAINTLY has 1 sense:

1. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint

Familiarity information: SAINTLY used as an adjective is very rare.

• SAINTLY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

angelic; sainted; saintlike; saintly; beatific; angelical

Context examples:

angelic beneficence / a beatific smile / a saintly concern for his fellow men / my sainted mother

Similar:

good (morally admirable)

"Smile, and the world smiles with you. Cry, and you cry alone."
(English proverb)
"As you sow, so shall you reap."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"He laughs most he who laughs last."
(Arabic proverb)
"Little by little the measure is filled."
(Corsican proverb)

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