Antonyms for saintly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : seynt-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪnt li


Definition of saintly

Origin :
  • 1620s, from saint (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Saintliness.
  • adj good, righteous
Example sentences :
  • Wilfrid also was one of the saintly architects of the period.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • They penned me up here with these saintly mothers and these angelic children.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • At the Tambov hermitage the anchorite Hilary, a man of saintly life, has died.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • She confided in me a little in those days, but ever with a most saintly resignation.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • "Indeed, none too saintly," said I, speaking my thoughts aloud.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • She is so saintly she may like the fire, for I am afraid there will be none where she has gone.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • But that patriarchal old tub, like some saintly retreat, echoed nothing of it.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Men they were who inherited the blood of the saintly Langton and of his lordly Barons.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • He smiled, benignantly, and granted my request with a saintly amiability.
  • Extract from : « A Fair Penitent » by Wilkie Collins
  • If so, what became of the genuine and saintly James de la Cloche?
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for saintly

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