lovely

lovely
1 comparative lovelier superlative loveliest adjective
1 especially BrE beautiful or attractive: What a lovely baby! | Her hair's a lovely shade of red. | look lovely: You look lovely in blue.
2 informal especially BrE friendly and pleasant: Richard's a lovely person.
3 BrE spoken used to say that something is not at all enjoyable, or good: "The cat threw up all over the carpet!" "Lovely!" | You've made a lovely mess in here.
4 spoken especially BrE very pleasant, enjoyable, or good: That was a lovely cup of tea. | Thank you for a lovely evening.
5 lovely and warm/cold etc BrE spoken used to emphasize how good something is: This bread's lovely and fresh.
6 BrE spoken used to show that you are pleased with something: Push it right across. That's it, lovely.
- loveliness noun (U) 2 noun (C) old-fashioned an attractive woman: Samantha, a nineteen year old Liverpool lovely

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • lovely — [luv′lē] adj. lovelier, loveliest [ME luvelich < OE luflic] having those qualities that inspire love, affection, or admiration; specif., a) beautiful; exquisite b) morally or spiritually attractive; gracious c) Informal highly enjoyable [a… …   English World dictionary

  • Lovely — Love ly, adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lovely — index elegant, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lovely — O.E. luflic affectionate, loveable; see LOVE (Cf. love) (n.) + LY (Cf. 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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • lovely — *beautiful, fair, comely, pretty, bonny, handsome, beauteous, pulchritudinous, good looking Analogous words: alluring, enchanting, charming, attractive (see under ATTRACT): *delightful, delectable: exquisite, delicate, dainty, rare (see CHOICE)… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lovely — [adj] beautiful, charming; agreeable admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, attractive, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, comely, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, exquisite, fair, good… …   New thesaurus

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