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# saintly

«saintly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very good and holy, like a saint** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (saintly, saintlier, saintliest)

### meaning for a pupil

Very good and holy, like a saint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saintly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a kind, good man or woman in tales who never does wrong

### examples

- The saintly old monk fed the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saintly/#x1)
- «A pious, saintly man,» said the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saintly/#x2)
- Her saintly kindness helped everyone in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saintly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saintly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saintly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.