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lovely |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lovely \Love"ly\, adv In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] --Tyndale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. --Robert of Brunne If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. --Shak. 2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. A most lovely gentlemanlike man. --Shak. 3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] ``A lovely kiss.'' --Shak. Many a lovely look on them he cast. --Chaucer. 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. Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. --Tennyson. Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lovely adj 1: appealing to the emotions as well as the eye 2: lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn: {adorable}, {endearing}] n : a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model [syn: {cover girl}, {pin-up}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Lovely, KY Zip code(s): 41231
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