A word that means lovely

Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. cover girl, pin-up, lovelyadjective

   a very pretty girl who works as a photographer’s model

2. lovelyadjective

   appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

3. adorable, endearing, lovelyadjective

   lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

Samuel Johnson’s DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lovelyadjective

   Amiable; exciting love.

   Etymology: from love.

   The breast of Hecuba,
   When she did suckle Hector, look’d not lovelier
   Than Hector’s forehead.
   William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.
   2 Sam. i. 23.

   The flowers which it had press’d
   Appeared to my view,
   More fresh and lovely than the rest,
   That in the meadows grew.
   John Denham.

   The Christian religion gives us a more lovely character of God than any religion ever did.
   John Tillotson, Sermons.

   The fair
   With cleanly powder dry their hair;
   And round their lovely breast and head
   Fresh flow’rs their mingl’d odours shed.
   Matthew Prior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lovely

   having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner

2. Lovely

   lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship

3. Lovely

   loving; tender

4. Lovely

   very pleasing; — applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody

5. Lovelyadverb

   in a manner to please, or to excite love

CrunchBaseRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Lovely

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Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lovely

   Creates a feeling of love.

   The dog is so lovely to see when he cuddles up to our child.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 27, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOVELY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lovely is ranked #8076 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

   The Lovely surname appeared 4,104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lovely.

   74.5% or 3,060 total occurrences were White.
   19.2% or 790 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 101 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 95 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 51 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘lovely’ in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2543

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘lovely’ in Written Corpus Frequency: #401

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘lovely’ in Adjectives Frequency: #202

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lovely in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lovely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of lovely in a Sentence

1. Don DeLillo:

   If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely.

2. James Russell Lowell:

   All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

3. Melissa McCreery:

   Food is a lovely, comforting thing.

4. Hayley Sexton:

   When the midwife said, Hes here, I was like, What do you mean he? it was a huge shock I had no idea I was having a boy.At two scans Id been told my baby was a girl But I love Alfie to bits hes such a lovely little boy. It was meant to be.

5. Eugene Purvis:

   It could be the demise of the place, redcar was a lovely place. If you go on the Internet and look through old photographs, it was a lovely place. If you see any photographs now it’s decimated.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

• جميلArabic
• preciós, encantadorCatalan, Valencian
• půvabnýCzech
• hyfrydWelsh
• dejlig, dejligeDanish
• lieblich, schGerman
• όμορφη, υπέροχηGreek
• AmindajEsperanto
• preciosa, hermosoSpanish
• دوست داشتنيPersian
• viehättävä, miellyttävä, ihana, suloinenFinnish
• charmantFrench
• álainnIrish
• bájosHungarian
• menyenangkanIndonesian
• belloItalian
• יָפHebrew
• 美しいJapanese
• ಸುಂದರKannada
• quæcumque amabiliaLatin
• mīlīgsLatvian
• heerlijk, lieverd, beminnelijk, lieflijk, schat, zalig, liefje, oogappel, liefelijkDutch
• herligNorwegian
• miły, mili, miłe, piękny, miłaPolish
• amável, lovely, querido, adorávelPortuguese
• minunatRomanian
• прекрасныйRussian
• härligSwedish
• น่ารักThai
• güzelTurkish
• милийUkrainian
• dễ thươngVietnamese
• שיינעYiddish
• 可愛Chinese

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