saintly

Questions about saintly

What does saintly mean?

saintly means "marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint".

How many syllables are in saintly?

saintly has 2 syllables: saint-ly. The stress falls on "saint". In IPA it is /ˈseɪntli/.

What is another word for saintly?

Close synonyms include angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, sainted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saintly a common word?

saintly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.