heavenly
[hev-uh n-lee]
- of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- of, belonging to, or coming from the heaven of God, the angels, etc.
- resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful: His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.
- divine or celestial: heavenly peace.
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Origin of heavenly
Synonyms
See more synonyms for heavenly on Thesaurus.com4. supernal, sublime; seraphic, cherubic, angelic; blessed, beatific.
Antonyms
4. infernal, hellish.
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heavenly
- informal alluring, wonderful, or sublime
- of or occurring in spacea heavenly body
- divine; holy
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Word Origin and History for heavenly
adj.
Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness.
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