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saintly Definition

saintly (sānt′lē)

adjective -·lier, -·li·est

of, like, or suitable for a saint

saintly Related Forms
saint′·li·ness noun
saintly Synonyms

saintly

modif.

virtuous, full of good deeds, angelic, righteous, worthy, pious, holy, divine, godly, virtuous, sainted.

saintly Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • very: The spice dealers who sold on improperly tested chili powder don't come out of this looking very saintly either.
  • quite: True, by comparison with serial killers, football hooligans and the Inland Revenue she probably is quite saintly.

Modifies a noun

  • wife: Then, I had phoned my long-suffering and saintly wife, and thrown myself on her mercy.
  • figure: Unless you're an unusually saintly figure, you've done things in your life that you knew were wrong.
  • man: For more than two hundred years the name of the saintly man has made the place sacred.
  • character: Few persons possessed a more saintly character than did this man of God.
  • woman: My mother-in-law was a very saintly woman, who prayed a lot and who never tried to interfere in our lives.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: Feeling saintly, I dropped the coins in the cup, pushing my tainted soul just a little bit closer to Paradise.