lovely

UK /ˈlʌv.li/ US /ˈlʌv.li/
adj 5noun 3name 2adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.

It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.

The music box plays a lovely melody.

2

Nice; wonderful.

It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.

It is a lovely night, and why should we not prolong our ride a little?"

3

Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.

a most lovely gentlemanlike man

4

Loving, filled with love.

seal the title with a lovely kiss

noun

1

An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis

"I'd sooner be on the stage than anywhere else." "You mean you like being cocked up in front of an audience with nothing much on and getting a thrill out of being what those idiotic newspapers call a Lovely or a Glamour Girl. With all the damned glamour on the stage and none off it."

2

Term of fond address.

Goodbye, my lovely.

But where do you go to my lovely / When you're alone in your bed?

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.

May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies.

adv

1

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.

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