seraphic

adjective

se·raph·ic sə-ˈra-fik

: of or relating to seraphim

… the immortal / Choir of Heaven's seraphic host.—

Luther C. Riggs

: suggestive of or resembling a seraphim or angel : angelic

a seraphic smile/voice

seraphic beauty

"You believe it all, I suppose?" she asked with seraphic gravity.—

Edith Wharton

As I stepped out of the Ataturk airport in the euphoria of homecoming, I noticed a tombstone-like tablet. It was bathed in a seraphic light …—

Busra Eskara

seraphically

sə-ˈra-fi-k(ə-)lē

adverb

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Also there, seraphic and silent, was Melania Trump, her emotions and her cogitations eluding our mortal grasp. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Groff was marking time by slowly twirling, again and again, with a seraphic smile. —

Ben Brantley, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022 Seated by the window of her New York apartment, Gomez appears via video call in a red flannel button-up shirt and gold hoops, which sharpen the edges of her soft, seraphic profile. —

Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021