saintly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈseɪntli/

Definition of saintly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
    “Sophie led a saintly life.”
    “Since my sother is nothing short of saintly, she fetches me daily from work and transports me here and there.”
    “She met more than a quarter of all the American presidents who have ever lived, five popes, hundreds of national leaders, from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, to the tyrannical, including Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceausescu[…]”

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Etymology

From Middle English *saintli (suggested by seyntly (adverb)), equivalent to saint + -ly. Compare saintlike.

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