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Synonyms for lovely

Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhv-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌv li

Top 10 synonyms for lovely
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Définition of lovely

Origin :
  • Old English luflic "affectionate, loveable;" see love (n.) + -ly (1). The modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c.1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [George P. Marsh, "The Origin and History of the English Language," 1862].
  • adj beautiful, charming; agreeable
Example sentences :
  • Did he tell you how to make a lovely asparagus short-cake or something?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • That graceful maiden is too lovely for any destiny meaner than a royal marriage.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Philothea's tall figure was a lovely union of majesty and grace.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Never is the city so lovely as in this month of May, when all the trees are in the fullness of their foliage.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Her first thought was of the lovely things of the country and the joy of them.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The God of truth cannot love the unlovely in the same way as he loves the lovely.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The false cannot inherit the true nor the unclean the lovely.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He looked from the window, and saw in the east the first glimmer of a lovely spring-day.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • A lovely girl, my dear Mrs. Van Dam,' she said; 'a privilege to know her.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Like is a feeble word to voice one's impressions of the land of lovely women.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

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