🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

angelicalmente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ã.ʒe.li.kawˈmẽ.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Angelically/ænˈdʒɛl.ɪ.kəl.i/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela sorriu angelicalmente."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a manner characteristic of or resembling an angel, especially in beauty, purity, or goodness.

    "She smiled angelically as she denied knowing anything about the missing cookies."
  2. 2

    With extreme sweetness, innocence, or serenity.

    "The sleeping infant breathed angelically in the quiet nursery."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'angelical', stemming from the Old French 'angelical', which traces back to the Late Latin 'angelicus' and the Greek 'angelos', meaning 'messenger'. The suffix '-ly' was added in Middle English to transform the adjective into an adverb describing manner.

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