Lovely
['lʌvlɪ] or ['lʌvli]
Definition
(superl.) Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
(superl.) Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
(superl.) Loving; tender.
(superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
(adv.) In a manner to please, or to excite love.
Typist: Paul
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Pleasing, delightful, charming, delectable, enchanting, winning, sweet, AMIABLE, that inspires love.
Typed by Claire
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Amiable, lovable, enchanting, beautiful, pleasing, delightful, charming
ANT:Unamiable, unlovable, hateful, hideous, plain, homely, unattractive, unlovely
Typed by Claus
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dreaming of lovely things, brings favor to all persons connected with you. For a lover to dream that his sweetheart is lovely of person and character, foretells for him a speedy and favorable marriage. If through the vista of dreams you see your own fair loveliness, fate bids you, with a gleaming light, awake to happiness.
Typed by Catherine
Examples
- They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Thou hast a lovely body, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He professed himself extremely anxious about her fair friendher fair, lovely, amiable friend. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The day was uncommonly lovely. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lovely weather so far. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They were just lovely. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- To-morrow, loveliest and best, hope and joy of my life, to-morrow I will see thee--Fool, to dream of a moment's delay! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Such I was, from eight to eight and twenty; and such I might still have been but for you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The waters of this placid subterranean lake are the brightest, loveliest blue that can be imagined. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As he went out into the wintry night, New York again became vast and imminent, and May Welland the loveliest woman in it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- With her blue clear eyes, God bless them, always loveliest when raised like that! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are the loveliest I ever saw. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could love anything, for your sake, dear Cousin; for I really think you are the loveliest creature that I ever saw! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I said she was lovelier than ever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was a good-sized room, but now a cell would have been lovelier. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was aware of smiling at her vaguely, and she added, as if condescending to his natural shyness: I've never seen May looking lovelier. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He's much lovelier than that. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Many women are lovelier than Thomasin, she said, so not much attaches to that. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Lovelier than ever, Richard! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Morton