saintly
pronunciation
How to pronounce saintly in British English:
UK [ˈseɪntli]
How to pronounce saintly in American English:
US [ˈsentli]
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- Adjective:
- marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
Word Origin
- saintly (adj.)
- 1620s, from saint (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Saintliness.
Example
- 1. The founding fathers were saintly figures who established liberty and democracy for everyone .
- 2. In contrast , princess sirindhorn , his sister , enjoys a saintly image as a patron of charity .
- 3. The findings , published in the april issue of the journalpsychological science , add to a list of reasons scientists are finding for saintly and not-so-saintly acts .
- 4. We studied the newly leaked information from our historical archives and learned our saintly leader was actually a brutal dictator who was responsible for the deaths of millions of people in his political campaigns .
- 5. And in " the storyteller , " we learn that a saintly , disfigured student has become the official storyteller for a primitive rainforest tribe and the repository of its collective memory - or at least that is the tale he tells .