lovely.
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
Meaning & usage
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
The music box plays a lovely melody.
Nice; wonderful.
It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
Loving, filled with love.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
Term of fond address.
Goodbye, my lovely.
A lovely object.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lovely, luveliche, from Old English luflīċe (“lovingly, amiably, kindly, dearly, with good will or love, willingly”), equivalent to love + -ly.
Worthy of praise.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lofly, lovely (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe + -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love.
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