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
- 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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