Lovable
['lʌvəb(ə)l]
Definition
(adj.) having characteristics that attract love or affection; 'a mischievous but lovable child' .
Inputed by Leila--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.
Checked by Dolores
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Amiable, LOVELY, sweet, winning.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- There is something I LOVE about Gerald--he's MUCH more lovable than I thought him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Miss Mann was certainly not quite a lovable person. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She didn't care to be a queen of society now half so much as she did to be a lovable woman. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But this proud openness was made lovable by an expression of unaffected good-will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Oh, I think he's VERY lovable. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Pearl