Heavenly
['hev(ə)nlɪ] or ['hɛvnli]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.
(a.) Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.
(adv.) In a manner resembling that of heaven.
(adv.) By the influence or agency of heaven.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Celestial, of the firmament, of the visible heavens.[2]. Divine, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, godlike.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CELESTIAL]
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Examples
- The practical use of the invention when turned to the heavenly bodies served to confirm the truth of the discovery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The heavenly gentleness of his smile made his apologies irresistible. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Th e seven days of the week were closely associated in men's thinking with the heavenly bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- By degrees the calm and heavenly scene restored me, and I continued my journey towards Geneva. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- On August 12, having directed the telescope in accordance with Adams's instructions he again noted the same heavenly body, as a star. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A heavenly composure filled my mind, on that Saturday afternoon, as I sat at the window waiting the arrival of my relatives. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Did you believe that I should go with no farewell to those who haf been so heavenly kind to me? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But if, though unjust, I acquire the reputation of justice, a heavenly life is promised to me. Plato. The Republic.
- Dead, men and women, born with heavenly compassion in your hearts. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Pythagoreans drew from this the extravaga nt inference that the heavenly bodies would be in distance from the earth as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To the working classes in Italy his name was a heavenly clarion at the sound of which the earth would be renewed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They held that stri ct law governs the apparently erratic movements of the heavenly bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Its productions and features may be without example, as the ph?nomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Those who came from earth wept at the remembrance of their sorrows, but the spirits from above spoke of glorious sights and heavenly bliss. Plato. The Republic.
- He came to see that the apparent revolution of the heavenly bodies about the earth from east to west is really owing to the revolution of the earth on its axis from west to east. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The first was a page so heavenly sweet--so deadly sad--that to read one line of it would dissolve my courage and break down my energy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Palais Royale is a heavenly place, so full of _bijouterie_ and lovely things that I'm nearly distracted because I can't buy them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But the philosopher will still be justified in asking, 'How may the heavenly gift of poesy be devoted to the good of mankind? Plato. The Republic.
- The first sound that came after the heavenly peace rustled faintly like a passing breath of air over the grass of the burial-ground. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As one might go to survey the weather and the general aspect of the heavenly bodies. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He loved her as something frail and earthly, yet almost worshipped her as something heavenly and divine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The spectator may be supposed to look at the heavenly bodies, either from above or below. Plato. The Republic.
- I seek heavenly steadfastness in earthly monotony. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I would be patient and resigned if I could kiss his heavenly eyes once more. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Will they disbelieve us, when we tell them that no State can be happy which is not designed by artists who imitate the heavenly pattern? Plato. The Republic.
- I had no courage to think that at first, heavenly kind as was your welcome to me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Do let me teach you to understand the heavenly pearliness of these lines. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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