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.

  1. resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful: His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.

  2. divine or celestial: heavenly peace.

Origin of heavenly

1
before 1000; Middle English hevenly,Old English heofonlīc.See heaven, -ly

Other words for heavenly

Opposites for heavenly

Other words from heavenly

  • heav·en·li·ness, noun
  • un·heav·en·ly, adjective

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How to use heavenly in a sentence

  • Both are absolutely heavenly, full of flavors that dance on the tongue and waltz their way down the throat.

    Secrets of Creole and Cajun Food | Mary Goodbody | February 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • I cannot reconcile the idea of a tender heavenly Father with the known horrors of war, slavery, pestilence, and insanity.

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • But with no Devil the belief in a merciful and loving heavenly Father becomes impossible.

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • But this theory of a merciful, and loving heavenly Father is vital to the Christian religion.

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • These are the only possible means for conveying heavenly truth or future history to our minds.

    Gospel Philosophy | J. H. Ward
  • And also was betokened the certain glory in reserve for all others favoured with increased heavenly light, and enabled to believe.

British Dictionary definitions for heavenly

heavenly

/ (ˈhɛvənlɪ) /


adjective
  1. informal alluring, wonderful, or sublime

  2. of or occurring in space: a heavenly body

  1. divine; holy

Derived forms of heavenly

  • heavenliness, noun

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