Sekirov Dictionary

lovely

/ˈlʌv.li/

adjective 5
noun 3
adverb 1
forms 5

adjective5

•
very beautiful, and a joy to see or to hear
- It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
- The music box plays a lovely melody.
•
Nice; wonderful.
- It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
(no longer used) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
(no longer used) Loving, filled with love.
•
(no longer used) Worthy of praise.
- And so he is in the eyes of all who live to his praise. To them every attribute of God is lovely. The holiness and purity of his nature is most lovely to them. — 1773

noun3

•
A lovely object.
- May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies. — 2015
•
(informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
- Tom Bower’s 2024 book, The House of Beckham, painted a rather snide portrait of the marriage, in which Beckham is constantly surrounded by lovelies, and Victoria is in a constant huff about it. — 2025
•
Term of fond address.
- Goodbye, my lovely.

adverb1

•
(informal) In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
- She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely. — 2014

forms

lovelies · lovelier · more lovely · loveliest · most lovely

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