Meaning

5 senses
  1. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.

    It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.

    The music box plays a lovely melody.

  2. Nice; wonderful.

    It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.

    lieblich, liebreizend, herrlich

    восхитительныйvosxititelʹnyj, восхитительныйvosxititelʹnyj

    чудо́вийčudóvyj, чудо́вийčudóvyj, ми́лийmýlyj

  3. (obsolete)Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.

  4. (obsolete)Loving, filled with love.

  5. (archaic)Worthy of praise.

More definitions
  • appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
  • lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

Examples

495 sentences
  1. She is, indeed, a lovely girl.

    Вона дійсно мила дівчинка.

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  2. Boston is lovely this time of year.

    Бостон чудовий у цю пору.

    ruБостон прекрасен в это время года.

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  3. It was a lovely evening.

    Це був гарний вечір.

    ruЭто был прекрасный вечер.

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  4. That girl has a lovely doll.

    У тієї дівчинки - гарна лялька.

    ruУ той девочки восхитительная кукла.

    deDieses Mädchen hat eine niedliche Puppe.

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  5. That sounds lovely.

    Звучить гарно.

    ruЗвучит прекрасно.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner:
very nice, wonderful:
Русский
By meaning 1
beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner:

Origin

From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, lo

From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.

From Middle English lofly, lovely (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe + -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love.

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Forms

lovelier/more lovely, loveliest/most lovely
Comparativelovelier / more lovely Lesson
Superlativeloveliest / most lovely Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • had a lovely
  • what a lovely
  • was a lovely
  • look lovely
  • lovely time

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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