loveliness
The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovableThe property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable.
» The tiny birthmark took nothing from her loveliness.
Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(uncountable)The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable.
(countable)The result of being lovely.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of ladybirds.
- the quality of being good looking and attractive
Examples
1 sentencesThe tiny birthmark took nothing from her loveliness.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness.From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: lovelinesses| Singular | loveliness |
|---|---|
| Plural | lovelinesses |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- the quality of being good looking and attractive:comelinessfairnessbeauteousness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.