seraphically

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Etymology[edit]

seraphic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

seraphically (comparative more seraphically, superlative most seraphically)

  1. in a seraphic manner; with angelic purity.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 74, in The History of Pendennis. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      “You’re an angel, by Jove, you’re an angel!” said Foker, at which Blanche looked seraphically up to the chandelier.
    • 1914, Elia Wilkinson Peattie, The Precipice[1]:
      They smiled at Kate seraphically, and she saw that they wanted to be alone, and that it made little difference to them whether they were sitting in a warm room or walking the windy streets.
    • 1921, Margaret Rebecca Piper, Wild Wings[2]:
      She was all in white like a lily, and otherwise carried out the lily tradition of belonging obviously to the non-toiling-and-spinning species, justifying the arrangement by looking seraphically lovely in the fruits of the loom and labor of the rest of the world.

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