Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a saint; saintly: as, a saintlike prince.
- Suiting a saint; befitting a saint.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective resembling a
saint in behavior, such asbenevolence ,compassion ,humility and orpiety ; exceptionally good
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
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Examples
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Are women allowed to move on, make changes, follow their own desires, or is the ability to wait trauma out, to display saintlike patience one of the prime virtues that is far more valuable?
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Are women allowed to move on, make changes, follow their own desires, or is the ability to wait trauma out, to display saintlike patience one of the prime virtues that is far more valuable?
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Sambath's own mother and father fell victim to the very man he's now interviewing, though his lack of vengeance is saintlike.
Brandon's Sundance 2010 Reviews: Documentary Edition Pt 1 « FirstShowing.net 2010
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(On our first visit, our saintlike waitress ended up preparing half of the dinner for us, worried that we'd overdo the meat or undercook the dumplings.)
Hot, and in more ways than one Uncle Liu's showcases popular pots 2010
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If you ever disagreed with him/her, people would think you are very un-saintlike.
Richard Batista, who donated a kidney and saved his wife's life and is now using that kidney as a bargaining chip in the divorce case. Ann Althouse 2009
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If you ever disagreed with him/her, people would think you are very un-saintlike.
Richard Batista, who donated a kidney and saved his wife's life and is now using that kidney as a bargaining chip in the divorce case. Ann Althouse 2009
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By way of words, they will paint a Norman Rockwell-like picture that will make us want to invite this saintlike "corporate person" to dinner with our families.
Mike Papantonio: Psychopathic Corporations Love Our Supreme Court 2009
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Apart from their mother, of course, who was an angel in human form - and whose saintlike image is treaured with operatic solemnity.
Archive 2009-03-01 juliette 2009
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Seems like these are times in which it is real easy to be saintlike, almost like there's no excuse, because the world is so naughty these days.
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Many people may find that not cool, but I think Nate's a more interesting character for having been tempted but never succumbing, rather than being so saintlike he's never been tempted.
LEVERAGE: The 13th Step is "Shut Up About It Already." Rogers 2009
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