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lovely¹

  • /ˈlʌv.li/
  • [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯]

Where it comes from

From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.

adjective lovelier · loveliest

  1. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace. It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
  2. Nice; wonderful. It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
  3. obsolete Inspiring love or friendship; amiable. a most lovely gentlemanlike man
  4. obsolete Loving, filled with love. seal the title with a lovely kiss

Similar: beautiful, charming, lovable, lovesome, loving

noun lovelies

  1. informal An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
  2. Term of fond address. Goodbye, my lovely.
  3. A lovely object. In Montréal, the summer months bring in a huge variety of fruits and vegetables and this is the time to preserve them. Preserving can also refer to the storage of these fiber and vitamin rich lovelies.

lovely²

  • /ˈlʌv.li/
  • [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯]

Where it 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.

adverb more lovely · most lovely

  1. informal In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully. She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely.

lovely³

  • /ˈlʌv.li/
  • [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯]

Where it 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.

adjective lovelier · more lovely · loveliest · most lovely

  1. archaic Worthy of praise. And so he is in the eyes of all who live to his praise. To them every attribute of God is lovely. The holiness and purity of his nature is most lovely to them.

Lovely⁴

Where it comes from

From lovely.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.

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