lovely
An attractive, lovely person, especially a beautyAn attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
Meaning
3 senses(informal)An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
Term of fond address.
Goodbye, my lovely.
A lovely object.
- a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
Examples
495 sentencesShe is, indeed, a lovely girl.
Вона дійсно мила дівчинка. — deniko
Boston is lovely this time of year.
Бостон чудовий у цю пору. — deniko
ruБостон прекрасен в это время года. — marafon
It was a lovely evening.
Це був гарний вечір. — deniko
ruЭто был прекрасный вечер. — odexed
That girl has a lovely doll.
У тієї дівчинки - гарна лялька. — ChickenKiev
ruУ той девочки восхитительная кукла. — sharptoothed
deDieses Mädchen hat eine niedliche Puppe. — MUIRIEL
That sounds lovely.
Звучить гарно. — deniko
ruЗвучит прекрасно. — marafon
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loFrom Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
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Forms
plural: loveliesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model:cover girlpin-up
Collocations
5 patterns- had a lovely
- what a lovely
- was a lovely
- look lovely
- lovely time
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.