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
1Other words from lovely
- love·li·ly, adverb
- love·li·ness, noun
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How to use lovely in a sentence
December’s heavens display a lovely pair of evening planets, shooting stars and a South American total solar eclipse you can catch online.
Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in December | Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. | November 28, 2020 | Washington PostIt has a lovely town square full of wonderful restaurants and shops.
Des Moines : Come and See All that The Capital City has to Offer! | LGBTQ-Editor | November 22, 2020 | No Straight NewsFortune cookies bound into lovely little books won’t get us through the dark night of the soul.
Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses | Ron Charles | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostLike the stamped and mailed versions, she says, they serve “as a lovely reminder of when to plan my next adventure.”
No travel plans? Try three new books about the nexus of travel and design. | Rebecca Powers | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostOstensibly it was a community showpiece with lovely trails, bridges and parks.
Lee makes a convincing case that the loveliness of much Renaissance art is inversely related to the moral ugliness of its patrons.
The loveliness was made all the more unlikely by the lingering smell of smoke.
Nor’easter Brings Dangerous Beauty to Rockaways After Hurricane Sandy | Michael Daly | November 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe challenges the shades and overcomes them with the loveliness of his song.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us | Ann Wroe | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSo we put on our things, and proceeded to walk along the river to a place called Paradise, on account of its loveliness.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayOlivers pillow was smoothed by womans hands that night, and loveliness and virtue watched him as he slept.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensThe valley was arrayed in all the freshness and loveliness of spring; La Belle was murmuring her sweetest music.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnEach motion of the slow-strolling form in its clinging robes was a separate loveliness.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThe long ivory needle moved in and out; the 265 fair face, half a century old, was full of loveliness.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
British Dictionary definitions for lovely
/ (ˈlʌvlɪ) /
very attractive or beautiful
highly pleasing or enjoyable: a lovely time
loving and attentive
inspiring love; lovable
slang a lovely woman
Derived forms of lovely
- loveliness, noun
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