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angelly

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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.

adjective more angelly · most angelly

informal Of, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic. 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).
Similar: angelical, angellike, seraphic, angelic, angelly, cherubic, cherubical, cherublike

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@misc{angelly_2026,
  title = {angelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/angelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}