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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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" [syn: angelic, angelical, beatific,
           saintlike, saintly, sainted]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Saintly \Saint"ly\, a. [Compar. Saintlier; superl.
   Saintliest.]
   Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
   [1913 Webster]

         So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity.   --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] Saint Nicholas

Thesaurus Results for Saintly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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