heavenly
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heavenly¹
- /ˈhɛvənli/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).
adjective heavenlier · more heavenly · heavenliest · most heavenly · Heavenly
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Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
Similar: celestial, celest, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean, etheric, transcendental, sublime, spiritual, eternal, blessed · Opposite: earthly, worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar, sublunary, profane, temporal, unheavenly, areligious
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Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.
Similar: celestial
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Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.
Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
Similar: paradisal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisic, acceptable, agreeable, all right, amazing, as fine as Dick's hatband, awesome, beatific, bene
adverb more heavenly · most heavenly · Heavenly
- In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously. by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
- To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure. Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
Heavenly²
Where it comes from
See heavenly. Equivalent to Heaven + -ly.
proper noun
- A female given name.
adjective more Heavenly · most Heavenly
- Alternative letter-case form of heavenly Nothing stands between you and her, except God of course and a Heavenly host with flaming swords.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: celestial, supernal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiacal, paradisiac, divine, godly, godlike, ambrosian, providential, superlunary, ethereal, translunary, superlunar
Translations
Every language
adj of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
| Español | celestial, celeste, empíreo, célico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 천국의 cheon'gug-ui, 하늘의 haneur-ui |
| 日本語 | 天国の. 天の tengoku no |
| 中文 | 天堂的 tiāntáng de, 天的 tiān de, 天國的 /天国的 tiānguó de |
| हिन्दी | दिव्य divya, दैवीय daivīya, अलौकिक alaukik, स्वर्गीय svargīya |
| Português | celestial, celeste |
| Français | céleste |
| Deutsch | himmlisch |
| Italiano | divino, celeste |
| Ελληνικά | ουράνιος ouránios |
| Română | ceresc |
| Русский | небе́сный nebésnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | thiên đường |
| العربية | سَمَاوِيّ samāwiyy |
| עברית | שְׁמֵימִי shmemí |
adj extremely beautiful or pleasurable
| हिन्दी | अलौकिक alaukik |
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| Deutsch | himmlisch |
| Italiano | divino |
| Ελληνικά | ουράνιος ouránios, παραδεισένιος paradeisénios |
| Русский | восхити́тельный vosxitítelʹnyj, очарова́тельный očarovátelʹnyj, боже́ственный božéstvennyj |
| Tiếng Việt | tuyệt trần |
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