- Lovely
- Lovely Love"ly, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.]
[AS. luflic.]
1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to
excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form,
looks, tone, or manner. ``Lovely to look on.'' --Piers
Plowman.
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Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. [1913 Webster]
A most lovely gentlemanlike man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] ``A lovely kiss.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Many a lovely look on them he cast. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. [1913 Webster]
Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. --Tennyson.
Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.