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adjective

Lovely adj. (compar. lovelier; superl. loveliest)

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." "Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely." "If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers."

Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. "A most lovely gentlemanlike man."

Loving; tender. (Obs.) "A lovely kiss." "Many a lovely look on them he cast."

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."

Synonyms: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.

adverb

Lovely adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. (Obs. or R.)

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"Lovely" Quotes from Famous Books

... life the Incorporeal, and to glamour the cloudy into substance,—these are the lofty privileges of the Poet, if I have read poesy aright; and I am as familiar with the sounds that rang from Homer's lyre, as with the strains which celebrate the loss of Belinda's lovely locks"—(Mr. Pope blushed and bowed, highly delighted)—"these, I say, sir, are the privileges of the Poet—the Poietes—the Maker—he moves the world, and asks no lever; if he cannot charm death into life, as Orpheus feigned to do, he can create Beauty out of Nought, and ...

— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray

... for no one could give any account of them. In the eve of St. John, a cowherd, passing by them, beheld a beautiful child seated on a cushion between this pair of runaway nuns. He hastened to the abbess with news of these stray sheep; she came and beheld this lovely child playfully seated between these nymphs; they, with blushing countenances, inquired if the second bell had already rung? Both parties were equally astonished to find our young devotees had been there from the Nativity of ...

— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli

... came fairly down into that bright and lovely valley, where was the sweet sound of birds calling to each other, and the glad sight of these live creatures flying through the air. As for the sheep that Rayburn had killed, he was knocked pretty well into a jelly by his half-mile or so of tumble down ...

— The Aztec Treasure-House • Thomas Allibone Janvier

... those who are heavy in spirit! Ye would all think salvation and remission of sins a sweet song. But if ye would discern it, ye would find nothing sweeter in the gospel than this redemption from all iniquity, from sin itself, and from all kind of misery. How lovely and pleasant a thing is that! When Christ hath piped unto you the remission of all sins in his own blood, then he plays the most sweet spring, the renunciation of sin, and dying to this world, by his death and resurrection. Many listen to the song of justification, but they will ...

— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning

... to me to see the sister of two of Mr. Edgeworth's wives,—one belonging to the same period, and dressed in the same style as the lovely Honora. She did not appear till lunch-time, when we found her seated at the table in a wheel-chair, on account of her lameness. She reminded me of the pictures of the court beauties of Louis XIV. Her dress was very elaborate. ...

— The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth

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