seraphic
adjective
se·raph·ic
sə-ˈra-fik 
1
: of or relating to seraphim
… the immortal / Choir of Heaven's seraphic host.—
Luther C. Riggs
Luther C. Riggs2
: 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
Edith WhartonAs 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
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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
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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
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“Seraphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seraphic. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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