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English Dictionary: saintly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saintly
adj
  1. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"
    Synonym(s): angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saintly \Saint"ly\, a. [Compar. {Saintlier}; superl.
      {Saintliest}.]
      Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
  
               So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity.   --Milton.
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