lovely
- charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a face.
- delightful; highly pleasing: to have a lovely time.
- of a great moral or spiritual beauty: a lovely character.
- Informal. a beautiful woman, especially a show girl.
- any person or thing that is pleasing, highly satisfying, or the like: Every car in the new line is a lovely.
- Nonstandard. very well; splendidly.
Origin of lovely
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Related Words for lovelier
alluring, engaging, pleasing, splendid, sweet, stunning, pleasant, delightful, delicate, delicious, gorgeous, graceful, enchanting, pretty, exquisite, handsome, captivating, picture, fair, knockoutExamples from the Web for lovelier
Contemporary Examples of lovelier
You were certain that she was smarter than you, lovelier than you, more interesting than you.
That day she could not have been lovelier, and we had a wide-ranging conversation.
Historical Examples of lovelier
I do think that a white crown makes her lovelier than she was before.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
And no day specially made for so happy an event could have been lovelier.
A Singer from the SeaAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
She vanished, a little fluttered, lovelier than ever in her mixture of confusion and timidity.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
There isn't a lovelier sight on God's earth than a well-dressed Englishwoman.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
Could not her old favourite Botticelli have supplied him with a lovelier type?
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
lovely
- very attractive or beautiful
- highly pleasing or enjoyablea lovely time
- loving and attentive
- inspiring love; lovable
- slang a lovely woman
Word Origin and History for lovelier
lovely
Old English luflic "affectionate, loveable;" see love (n.) + -ly (1). The modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c.1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [George P. Marsh, "The Origin and History of the English Language," 1862].