lovely

Meaning

Adj

1. Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
2. Very nice, wonderful.
3. (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
4. (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.

Noun

1. (informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
2. Term of fond address.
3. A lovely object.

Adv

In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.

Synonyms

beautiful

charming

pretty

handsome

cute

nice

sweet

pleasant

delightful

agreeable

adorable

fine

attractive

precious

graceful

enjoyable

fair

darling

dear

pleasing

alluring

wonderful

winsome

good

👍

splendid

exquisite

beloved

magnificent

bewitching

bright

enchanting

endearing

engaging

good-looking

ravishing

comely

disarming

lovable

gorgeous

dulcet

shining

delicious

😋

fascinating

superb

taking

tempting

beauteous

captivating

entrancing

appealing

gentle

pin-up

delightsome

expensive

💰

tender

dazzling

valuable

pricey

winning

dreamy

beaming

congenial

elegant

cool

🆒

fantastic

kind

cover girl

soft

breathtaking

great

cherished

costly

lovingly

belle

marvellous

melodious

beauty

palatable

peach

🍑

peachy

personable

pitiful

dainty

pleasurable

poor

amorous

pulchritudinous

quaint

beloving

resplendant

resplendent

rot

scrumptious

shiny

sightly

smasher

amiable

stilted

stunning

ambrosial

thoughtful

vivid

affectionate

affable

worthy

beautiful girl

pretty girl

tender and beautiful

comfortable

pleasingly

clear

dashing

debonaire

delectable

delicate

cheerful

desire

plesant

hand-some

pleasing to the sight

capital

fabulous

brilliant

fancy

fantastical

fond

friendly

gainly

genteel

gently

glowingly

sweet-faced

bonny

gracefully

grand

grandiose

grateful

gratifying

blissful

healthily

in love

❤️

joyous

kindly

likable

likeable

loving

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlʌv.li/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lovely

Inherited from Old English: luflīċ

Inherited from Old English: luflīċe

Inherited from Middle English: lofly

Cognate with Dutch: loffelijk

Cognate with German: löblich

Cognate with Swedish: lovlig

In summary

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

Sentences

They are lovely lads .