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heavenly

[hev-uhn-lee]
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adjective
  1. of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
  2. of, belonging to, or coming from the heaven of God, the angels, etc.
  3. resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful: His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.
  4. divine or celestial: heavenly peace.
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Origin of heavenly

before 1000; Middle English hevenly, Old English heofonlīc. See heaven, -ly
Related formsheav·en·li·ness, nounun·heav·en·ly, adjective

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4. supernal, sublime; seraphic, cherubic, angelic; blessed, beatific.

Antonyms for heavenly

4. infernal, hellish.
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Related Words for heavenly

celestial, angelic, holy, delectable, wonderful, supernatural, glorious, delicious, ravishing, lovely, blissful, divine, luscious, sublime, adorable, alluring, ambrosial, beatific, beautiful, blessed
British Dictionary definitions for heavenly

heavenly

adjective
  1. informal alluring, wonderful, or sublime
  2. of or occurring in spacea heavenly body
  3. divine; holy
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Derived Formsheavenliness, noun
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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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