lovely
Usage
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Something or someone that is lovely is attractive in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. That which is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.
Example Sentences
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“She was a very lovely girl, very kind, and very much loved by everyone,” her father, Jesus Alfredo Zavaleta Tafur, said in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Vows of eternal fellowship become veiled insults, then unveiled ones: “I suppose you think your mind is a lovely gift basket filled with mixed fruit with a bow on top?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
"She enjoyed books, she was a lovely kid," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
At the lovely Strand Palace in London in March, my first shower was a disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Whether or not Dr. Kane heard from his dead brother, he left Webb’s Union Hotel much less impressed with the spirits than with the lovely young woman who was talking to the dead.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing lovely
Call of Beauty: Synonyms for "Beautiful"
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