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Definition: Lovely |
LovelyAdjective1. Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye. 2. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way. Noun1. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lovely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Note: Lovely \Love"ly\, adjective. [Comparative Lovelier; superlative Loveliest.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | Dreaming of lovely things, brings favor to all persons connected with you. For a lover to dream that his sweetheart is lovely of person and character, foretells for him a speedy and favorable marriage. If through the vista of dreams you see your own fair loveliness, fate bids you, with a gleaming light, awake to happiness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: LovelySynonyms: adorable (adj), endearing (adj), cover girl (n), pin-up (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Adjective: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive; (inviting); delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical; (regular); harmonious; (color); sightly. |
Love | Lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. |
Pain | Charming; delightful, felicitous, exquisite; lovely; (beautiful); ravishing, rapturous; heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic; beatic; beatific; seraphic; empyrean; elysian; (heavenly). |
Woman | Phrase: "a perfect woman nobly planned"; "a lovely lady garmented in white"; das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan; "earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected"; es de vidrio la mujer; "she moves a goddess and she looks a queen"; "the beauty of a lovely woman is like music"; varium et mutabile semper femina; "woman is the lesser man". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lovely |
| English words defined with "lovely": pale, piece, pure ♦ thickly, To be beside one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lovely": Amadis of Gaul, Anacreon ♦ Callipolis ♦ Daisy ♦ Forget-me-nots of the Angels ♦ Glendoveer', GRAVITATION ♦ Highland Mary ♦ Iddo ♦ Lavine, Leucothea, Liris, Locket ♦ meerschaum, Melior, Mouse ♦ Ox ♦ Shalott, Simon Pure. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lovely": loveliness. (references) |
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Screenplays | You certainly chose a lovely spot for our meeting (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) Lovely speech, Eve. But I wouldn't worry so much about your heart (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) I'm sure she'll make a lovely wife for you (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Hayao Miyazaki) It was like a bird of rarest spun heaven metal, or like silvery wind flowing in a space-ship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied knew such lovely pictures (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott) | |
Lyrics | Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) Im coming up the hood been lovely (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers) But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M) Isn't she lovely this hollywood girl (Lucky; performing artist: Britney Spears) For such a lovely crime I’ll do the time (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) | |
Clever | It's Been Lovely, But I Have To Scream Now. (references; author: unknown) A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Lovely lemon liniment. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Columbo: Lovely But Lethal (1973) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) You've Got a Lovely Daughter Mrs. Brown (1968) A Lovely Way to Die (1968) Tweet and Lovely (1959) | |
Song Titles | Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daugher (performing artist: Herman's Hermits) Lovely One (performing artist: The Jacksons) | |
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 | Dottie and Lottie. Why Dottie! where did you get the lovely roses? ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | What every husband knows. Why, George! You've forgotten your lovely new pipe that ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Kind of a lovely district this, isn't it? : what do you do when you want ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The eternal feminine. Old Betsy simply couldn't resist the charm of Mrs. Flibbets' lovely ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sapristi! What a lovely and expensive gift from my dear Uncle. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidated 8 lovely ladies as living statues illustrating famous art. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Lovely sun 1" by Guiga Müller Commentary: "My cat, Zoe, enjoys the sun like crazy! Who doesn't?." | "Lovely homes" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "This is our local beach where we launch our boat, these are some of the homes overlooking the beautiful view. I would love the white one!." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | He would make a lovely corpse. |
Edmund Burke | To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. |
Heinrich Heine | Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. |
Horace | Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. |
L. M. Child | Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age. |
Nicolas Boileau-despreaux | Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair. |
Sappho | The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest. |
Thomas Moore | 'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone. |
William Wordsworth | But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Such lovely flowers, and of forms so entirely new to me, were not to be abandoned at the bidding of any little maid, however imperious |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | In this replacement Earth we're building they've given me Africa to do and of course I'm doing it with all fjords again because I happen to like them, and I'm old fashioned enough to think that they give a lovely baroque feel to a continent |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At night, the lovely naked youth descended from the cross, and became the rapture of the cell |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I think he writes something lovely. |
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Travel | Morocco | Moroccan hospitality is world-renowned, and business contacts enjoy entertaining in their lovely homes. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers. There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he! He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw. His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof. "He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away. Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb. "That pipe's a lovely white," they say, "But it has colored him!" The moral there's small need to sing -- 'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. Martin Bulstrode |
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Judy Sheindlin | Right. The tabloids will take a story, a lovely story, that we bought a home, and it's a home that we never dreamed we would own, and they made something evil out of it. |
Margaret Thatcher | I love Chicago. And also, of course, it has the most marvelous art gallery, and some lovely impressionist painting. Absolutely beautiful, and it's a lovely city. |
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| "Lovely" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Lovely" is used about 6,259 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.95% | 6,256 | 1,553 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.05% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,259 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lovely" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lovely | Last name | 2,000 | 5,869 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lovely". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Erastus | N/A | Biblical | Lovely |
| Rastus | N/A | English | Lovely |
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1. Lovely, KY |
Expressions using "lovely": be lovely ♦ have a lovely time. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lovely": lovely-looking. | |
Ending with "lovely": ever-lovely, less-lovely, un-lovely. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lovely | 381 | dark and lovely hair product | 27 |
lovely lady | 286 | dark and lovely hair color | 27 |
the lovely bones | 270 | lovely orange story white | 25 |
lovely white | 170 | lovely and amazing | 24 |
dark lovely | 111 | lovely lyrics michelle tumes | 24 |
lovely girl | 108 | lovely secret | 24 |
lovely nymphets | 103 | lovely teen | 22 |
lovely leg | 92 | lovely flower for you | 22 |
large and lovely | 66 | fair lovely | 20 |
lovely low rider | 66 | lovely breast | 19 |
lovely o olivia | 65 | lovely card | 19 |
lovely woman | 64 | michelle tumes lovely | 18 |
isn t she lovely | 52 | lovely plumpers | 17 |
isn lovely lyrics she t | 48 | lovely picture | 17 |
lady lovely lock | 44 | shes so lovely | 17 |
lovely wife | 33 | isnt lovely lyrics she | 16 |
lovely day | 31 | lovely babe | 16 |
lovely foot | 29 | isn lovely she stevie t wonder | 16 |
lovely pix | 28 | lovely sex | 15 |
bunch coconut got i lovely ve | 28 | lovely tit | 15 |
lesbian lovely | 15 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lovely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | deftig (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), pragtig (bright, brilliant), mooi (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), lekker (agreeable, agreeably, comfortably, enjoyable, good, nice, pleasant, pleasantly), kostelik (delicious, fine, great), heerlik (agreeable, delicious, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), duur (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), verruklik (delightful), aangenaam (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), aanminlik (charming), aanvallig (charming), beelderig (charming, delightful), beeldig (charming, delightful), beeldskoon, bekoorlik (charming), behaaglik (agreeable, comfortable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing). (various references) | |
Albanian | i mirë (benign, canny, carriageable, decent, desirable, fine, gentle, good, good tempered, goodly, handsome, keen, kind, kindhearted, kindly, nice, pleasant, pukka, salable, tops, virtuous), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), i bukur (airy fairy, beauteous, beautified, beautiful, bonny, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, nice, pinup, pleasant, pretty), goxha (good, nice, pretty, quite a lot, rather, well), bukuroshe (babe, beauty, Belle, cooky, doll, peach, Peri, pinup, tootsy), bukur (beautiful, beautifully, capitally, fair, fine, handsome, nicely, prettily), admirueshëm (delightful), adhurueshëm (absorbing, charming, fascinating). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاتن (alluring, attractive, breathtaking, captivating, catching, charming, cute, darling, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, exquisite, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, likely, magic, magical, mesmeric, personable, philanderer, picturesque, pretty, ravishing, seducer, spellbinding, stunning, superb, sweet, tempter, thrilling, winning, winsome, zestful), ممتع (delightful, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, good, gratifying, interesting, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, sapid, sightly, what fun), محبوب (agreeable, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearly loved, delightful, desirable, favorite, favourite, likable, likeable, lovable, lover, lovey, pleasing, popular, well-beloved), محبب (attractive, desirable, grainy, granular, granulated, likable), حلو (honey, nice, sensational, silky, sugary, sweet), جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favor, favour, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet), رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), بهيج (airy, cheerful, convivial, festive, glad, happy, merry, shiny, unstressed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), красавица (beauty, fair), възхитителен (admirable, adorable, delectable, delicious, delightful, unexceptionable, wonderful), очарователен (adorable, alluring, bewitching, captivating, charming, darling, delightful, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, orphic, raving, ravishing, stunning, sweet, winning, winsome), прекрасен (admirable, adorable, beauteous, delectable, excellent, marvellous, marvelous, noble, splendid), прелестен (adorable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightsome, dreamy, exquisite, fetching, sweet). (various references) | |
Catalan | magnífic, agradable (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 懰 (beautiful), 可爱 (Adorable, likeable), 可愛 (amiable, cute). (various references) | |
Czech | roztomilý (amiable, appealing, charming, cute, darling, lovable, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, sweet), pùvabný (appealing, attractive, charming, comely, dainty, graceful, gracious, ingratiating, inviting, lightsome, pleasing, prepossessing, statuesque, winsome). (various references) | |
Danish | værdifuld (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), smuk (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), skøn (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), kær (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), fortryllende (charming), dyr (animal, beast, beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), behagelig (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
Dutch | lief (affable, beloved, dainty, dear, expensive, friendly, good-natured, kind, lovable, loved one, lover, nice, pretty, sweetheart, valuable, well-beloved), charmant (charming), heerlýk (agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), genoeglijk (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), genoeglýk (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), fraai (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), aangenaam (agreeable, agreeably, comfortably, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasantly), dierbaar (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), kostbaar (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), betoverend (absorbing, delightful, enchanting, fascinating), bekoorlýk (charming, pleasing), behaaglijk (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasing), behaaglýk (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing), beeldschoon, beeldig (delightful), duur (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), prýzig (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), waard (beloved, dear, expensive, host, innkeeper, landlord, valuable, worth), verrukkelýk (delightful), snoezig (charming), snoeperig (charming), schoon (beautiful, clean, fair, fine, handsome, pure), innemend (charming, sympathetic), prachtig (beautiful, magnificent), knap (ably, beautiful, cleanly cut, cultured, educated, fair, fine, handsome, intelligent, learned, neat, net, precise, precize, sagacious, well-informed), plezierig (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasurable), net (above-board, beautiful, beautifully, cleanly cut, elegant, exactly, fair, fine, handsome, honest, just, just now, neat, net, network, okay, precise, precize, right, upright), mooi (beautiful, beautifully, fair, fine, handsome, nice, pretty), magnifiek, kostelýk (delicious, fine, great), waardevol (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, valuable), schattig (charming). (various references) | |
Esperanto | rava (delightful), kara (dear, expensive, valuable), belega, bela (beautiful, fine, handsome), agrabla (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), ĉarma (charming). (various references) | |
Faeroese | yndisligur (charming, graceful), vakur (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), prýðiligur (resplendant), kærur (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), góður (beloved, dear, expensive, good, nice, okay, valuable), fittligur (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), dýrur (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable). (various references) | |
Farsi | دلفریب (Cute), دلپذیر (Amiable, Graceful, Gracious, Handsome, Kindly, Lief, Luscious, Mellow, Melodious, Nice, Palatable, Scrumptious), دوست داشتنی (Amiable, Likable, Likeable, Lovable, Smacker). (various references) | |
Finnish | suloinen (charming, delightful, pleasing, sweet), kaunis (beautiful, fair, fine, good-looking, handsome). (various references) | |
French | charmant (lovable), mignon, magnifique (lordly), délicieux, cher, beau (good looking), agréable (good looking). (various references) | |
Frisian | leaf (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), swiet (agreeable, enjoyable, gentle, nice, pleasant, soft, sweet, tender), noflik (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), moai (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), gefallich (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), floatich (charming, lovable), djoer (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), bekoarlich (charming), aardich (attractive, charming, important, serious). (various references) | |
German | reizend (charming, charmingly, delectable, delightful, delightfully, fetching, graceful, gracefully, piquing, provoking, quaint, teasing), lieblich (charming, delightful, fair, mellifluous, mellow, sweet), schön (absolute, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brightly, comely, easily, enjoyable, fair, fine, finely, good enough, goodly, great, handsome, nice, nice-looking, nicely, precious, pretty, pulchritudinous, really, smoothly, splendid, well), lieb (beloved, brave, cute, dear, dearly, endearing, expensive, kind, kindly, nice, pleasant, sweet, valuable, valued, welcome), herrlich (agreeable, beautifully, blissfully, brilliantly, enjoyable, funny, glorious, gloriously, gorgeous, gorgeously, magnificent, magnificently, marvelous, marvelously, nice, pleasant, splendid, splendidly, splendiferous, superb, wonderful), hübsch (beautiful, bonnie, bonny, comely, delightful, fair, fine, handsome, neat, neatly, nice, nice-looking, nifty, pretty, tidy, trim), entzückend (charming, delightful, enchanting, fetching, rapturing), anmutig (charming, comely, daintily, dainty, graceful, gracefully, pretty). (various references) | |
Greek | ωραίοσ (attractive, beauteous, beautiful, fair, fancy, fine, handsome, nice, peach, pulchritudinous, rot, winsome). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | bukur (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), admirueshëm (delightful), adhurueshëm (absorbing, charming, fascinating). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתוק (mellow, pleasant, sweet, sweetening), יופי (aesthetics, beauty, charm, fine, loveliness, niceness, prettiness, pulchritude, splendor, wonderful), יפהפה (beauteous, pretty), יפה (appropriately, beautiful, beautifully, comely, fair, finely, good looking, handsome, nice, picturesque, pretty, right, well), חמוד (cute, dainty, delightful, lovable, pretty, sweet), אהוד (likable, sympathetic), אהוב (beloved, darling, lover, sweetheart), חביב (affable, beloved, genial, likable, lovable, pleasant), נוה (beautiful, comely, dwelling place, habitation, lodging, oasis, pasture), נפלא (divine, entrancing, fabulous, gorgeous, marvellous, splendid, stupendous, superb, wonderful, wondrous), נעים (agreeable, likable, pleasant, sightly, soft, sweet), נחמד (adorable, charming, cute, dainty, delightful, desirable, mellow, nice, pleasant, pretty), נאהב (beloved), נהדר (exquisite, glorious, grand, heavenly, magnificent, majestic, splendid, superb). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kedves (affable, amiable, beloved, bland, comely, darling, dear, ducky, expensive, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, lady love, likable, lovable, loveable, lover, loving, marrow, mild, nice, paramour, suave, sweet, Valentine, valuable), szép (beautiful, fair, fine, good, handsome, nice, nice-looking, pretty), bájos (attractive, catchy, charming, comely, cunning, engaging, graceful, gracious, sweet). (various references) | |
Icelandic | sætur (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), fallegur (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), fagur (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), elskulegur (charming), þægilegur (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kekasih (babe, beloved, darling, mash, sweetheart), gelis (pretty), elok (beautiful, elegant, good), cantik (beautiful, comely, dainty, lief, pretty), bagus (bravo, nicely). (various references) | |
Irish | sciamhach (beautiful, fine, handsome), maisiúil (beautiful, fine, handsome), gnaíúil (beautiful, fine, handsome), dathúil (beautiful, fine, handsome), daor (costly, dear, expensive, pricey, slave, valuable), dóighiúil (beautiful, fine, handsome), Úlainn (beautiful, fine, handsome). (various references) | |
Italian | piacevole (agreeable, beautiful, cushy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, genial, good, kindly, likeable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, sweet), bello (beautiful, bonny, fair, fine, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, kind, nice, pleasant, pretty, sheen, sightly, smart, well), grazioso (affable, bonny, charming, dinky, friendly, good-natured, graceful, gracious, kind, lovable, neat, nice, pleasant, pretty, sweet), gradevole (acceptable, affable, agreeable, enjoyable, friendly, good-natured, kind, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, pretty), caro (beloved, charming, costly, darling, dear, expensive, high, nice, pricey, valuable), carino (affable, beautiful, cute, decent, dinky, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovable, nice, poppet, pretty, sweet), amabile (agreeable, amiable, charming, genial, lovable, sweet), affascinante (bewitching, charming, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, intriguing, prepossessing, ravishing, taking, winning). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 麗しい (beautiful), 美しい (beautiful), 美しい (beautiful), 素敵 (beautiful, capital, cool, dreamy, fantastic, great, superb), 愛しい (beloved, darling, dear), 愛くるしい (cute), 愛らしい (charming, pretty), 可憐 (cute, pitiful, poor, sweet), 可愛い (charming, cute, darling, dear, pet, pretty), 可愛らしい (sweet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すてき (beautiful, capital, cool, dreamy, fantastic, great, superb), うつくしい (beautiful), うるわしい (beautiful), かれん (cute, oppression, pitiful, poor, sweet), かわいい (charming, cute, darling, dear, pet, pretty), かわいらしい (sweet), かわゆい (charming, cute, darling, dear, pet, pretty), いとしい (beloved, darling, dear), あいくるしい (cute), あいらしい (charming, pretty). (various references) | |
Korean | 사랑스러운 (Adorable). (various references) | |
Malay | mahal (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), indah (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), cantik (beautiful, charming, fair, fine, handsome). (various references) | |
Manx | bwoyagh (attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, handsome, pretty), bwaagh (beauteous, beautiful, comely, handsome, pretty). (various references) | |
Norwegian | yndig, vakker (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), snill (charming, good, kind), skjønn (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome, judgement), søt (beloved, dear, expensive, gentle, soft, sweet, tender, valuable), pen (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), kostbar (beloved, costly, dear, expencive, expensive, pricey, valuable), dyr (animal, beast, beloved, costly, dear, expencive, expensive, pricey, valuable), deilig (delicious), behagelig (agreeable, easy, enjoyable, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
Papiamen | stimá (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), kiut (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), karu (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), karo (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), bunita (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome, pretty), agradabel (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ovelylay.(various references) | |
Polish | uroczy (charming), przyjemny (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing), przepiękny, prześliczny, piękny (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), miły (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), drogi (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), ładny (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome, pleasing, pretty). (various references) | |
Portuguese | encantador (alluring, attractive, bewitching, catchy, charmer, charming, delightful, enchanter, enchanting, fairy, fascinating, fine, glamorous, glamourous, lovable, magic, magical, pleasant, pretty, ravishing, scrumptious, seductive, sightly, stunner, sweet, taking, winsome, witching), belo (beauteous, beautiful, fine, gallant, good-looking, handsome, sightly), formoso (beautiful, bonny, fine, handsome), fascinante (absorbing, charming, enchanting, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, witching), atraente (appealing, attractable, attractive, bewitching, captivating, catch, charming, cute, dinky, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fetching, ingratiating, interesting, inviting, magnetic, nice, nice-looking, pinup, prepossessing, pretty, sexy, striking, stunner, taking, tempting, winning, winsome, yummy). (various references) | |
Quechua | k'acha. (various references) | |
Romanian | frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured). (various references) | |
Russian | красивый (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, dishy, fine, flavorful, gallant, good looking, good-looking, goodly, handsome, nice, personable, pulchritudinous, sightly, well favored, well-favoured). (various references) | |
Scottish | innich (handy, tidy), briagha (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome, See <A HREF="mf01.html#brèagha">brèagha</A>). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krasan (admirable, entrancing, neat), divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific). (various references) | |
Spanish | hermoso (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, chic, dashing, fair, fine, good looking, goodly, handsome), encantador (charming, delightful, disarming, enchanter, enchanting, enchantingly, entrancing, glamorous, glamourous, lovable, magician, ravishing, taking, winning), caro (beloved, costly, dear, dearly, expensive, pricey, valuable), bonito (affable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lustrous, nice, pretty), agradable (agreeable, capacious, comfortable, congenial, enjoyable, genial, goodly, likable, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, satisfying, welcome). (various references) | |
Sranan | switi (agreeable, enjoyable, gentle, nice, pleasant, soft, sweet, tender), moy (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome). (various references) | |
Swahili | ghali (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable). (various references) | |
Swedish | vacker (beautiful, comely, fair, fine, handsome, pretty, sightly, sweet, tidy, winsome), söt (beloved, bonny, cute, darling, dear, expensive, gentle, pretty, soft, sweet, tender, valuable), härlig (delectable, delicious, delightful, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, luscious, splendid), förtjusande (adorable, charming, delightful, ducky, enchanting, fascinating, fetching, ravishing), älsklig (charming, lovable, loveable). (various references) | |
Tagalog | nakalúlugód (agreeable, enjoyable, nice, pleasant), mahál (beloved, dear, expensive, valuable), magandá (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome). (various references) | |
Thai | เป็นที่เบิกบานใจ, น่ารัก (likable, lovable, loveable), คนที่น่ารัก. (various references) | |
Turkish | güzel (appealing, beauteous, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, Belle, bonny, comely, fair, fine, goluptious, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, nice, nifty, personable, pleasant, plummy, prettily, pretty, pulchritudinous, sapid, shapely, sightly, smart, swell, the beautiful, well, well favored, well-favoured, winsome). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чарівний (admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, appealing, basilisk, captivating, charming, compelling, darling, delicious, delightful, elfish, elvish, enchanted, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fairy, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, goluptious, ingratiating, magic, magical, orphean, pretty), красуня (beauty), гарний (bonny, good, good looking, goodly, nice, nice-looking, pretty, well), принадний (appetible, captivating, enviable, inviting, likable, likeable, taking, tempting, winsome). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xinh (bonny, fine, nice-looking, prettily, pretty), vui thú (entertaining), dễ thương (ingratiatingly, likable, likeable, lovable, prepossessing, tender), có duyên (bonny, graceful), đẹp đẽ (gorgeous), đáng yêu (amiable, cunning, cute, likable, likeable, lovable, nice-looking). (various references) | |
Yucatec | ko'oh (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable), hats'uts (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome). (various references) | |
Zulu | -hle (beautiful, fair, fine, good, handsome, nice, okay, pretty), -bukekayo (beautiful, fair, fine, handsome), -bizayo (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, pricey, valuable). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acceptabilis, aureus, basilicus, bellus, carus, formosus, pulcher, venustus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Farugx autou glukasmoi kai oloV epiqumia outoV adelfidoV mou kai outoV plhsion mou qugatereV ierousalhm |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Guttur illius suavissimum et totus desiderabilis talis est dilectus meus et iste est amicus meus filiae Hierusalem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The throte of hym most sweete, and he al desirable. Such is my looued, and this is my lemman, yee doytris of Jerusalem. The vois of holi soules, of the Chirche. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ang iyang baba matam-is uyamut; Oo, sa ngatanan hiligugmaon siya. Kini mao ang akong hinigugma, ug mao kini ang akong higala, Oh mga anak nga babaye sa Jerusalem. |
| Croatian | Govor mu je sladak i sav je od ljupkosti. Takav je dragi moj, takav je prijatelj moj, o kæeri jeruzalemske. |
| Danish | hans Gane er Sødme, han er idel Ynde. Sådan er min elskede, sådan min Ven, Jerusalems Døtre. |
| Dutch | Zijn gehemelte is enkel zoetigheid, en al wat aan Hem is, is gans begeerlijk. Zulk een is mijn Liefste; ja, zulk een is mijn Vriend, gij dochters van Jeruzalem! |
| Finnish | Hänen suunsa on sula makeus, hän on pelkkää suloisuutta. Sellainen on minun rakkaani, sellainen on ystäväni, te Jerusalemin tyttäret." |
| French | Son palais n`est que douceur, Et toute sa personne est pleine de charme. Tel est mon bien-aimé, tel est mon ami, Filles de Jérusalem! - |
| German | Seine Kehle ist süß, und er ist ganz lieblich. Ein solcher ist mein Freund; mein Freund ist ein solcher, ihr Töchter Jerusalems! |
| Hungarian | Az õ ínye édességek, &és õ mindenestõl fogva kívánatos! &Ez az én szerelmesem, és ez az én barátom, &oh Jeruzsálemnek leányai! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Teramat manis tutur katanya, segala sesuatu padanya menarik. Begitulah kekasih dan sahabatku, hai putri-putri Yerusalem! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Langitan mulutnya semata-mata manisan dan segala sesuatu yang padanya itu keinginan belaka. Demikianlah peri kekasihku, demikianlah peri sobatku, hai segala puteri Yeruzalem! |
| Italian | Dolcezza è il suo palato; egli è tutto delizie! Questo è il mio diletto, questo è il mio amico, o figlie di Gerusalemme. |
| Maori | Ko tona mangai he tino reka: ae ra, he ahuareka katoa ia. Ko taku tenei i aroha ai, ko toku hoa ano tenei, e nga tamahine o Hiruharama. |
| Norwegian | Hans gane er sødme, og alt ved ham er liflighet. Slik er min elskede, slik er min venn, I Jerusalems døtre! |
| Rumanian | Cerul gurii lui este numai dulceayq wi toatq fiinya lui este plinq de farmec. Awa este iubitul meu, awa este scumpul meu, fiice ale Ierusalimului! - |
| Spanish | Su paladar es dulcísimo; ¡todo él es deseable! Así es mi amado y así es mi amigo, oh hijas de Jerusalén. |
| Swedish | Hans mun är idel sötma, hela hans väsende är ljuvlighet. Sådan är min vän, ja, sådan är min älskade, I Jerusalems döttrar." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "lovely": unlovely. (additional references) | |
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"Lovely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dovely, Laveleye, loely, lomely, Loovul, loval, lovay, lovelee, lovells, loverly, lovey, loveys, Lovley, Lupeli, lurvely, luvely, luvey, luvly, luv'ly, luvverly, luvvly, oleyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lovely" (pronounced lu"vlē) |
| 3 | -v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, affirmatively, aggressively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, bravely, cohesively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, decisively, defensively, definitively, derisively, distinctively, effectively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, exhaustively, expensively, explosively, extensively, figuratively, furtively, gravely, imaginatively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, instinctively, intensively, intuitively, legislatively, lively, massively, naively, negatively, objectively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, plaintively, positively, preemptively, productively, progressively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, qualitatively, quantitatively, reflexively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, substantively, successively, tentatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: volley. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-v-y" | |
-2 letters: levo, levy, love, vole, yell. | |
-3 letters: ell, lev, ley, lye, ole, voe. | |
-4 letters: el, lo, oe, oy, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-v-y" | |
+1 letter: loverly, novelly, volleys. | |
+2 letters: coevally, ladylove, loveably, lovelily, slovenly, unlovely, volleyed, volleyer. | |
+3 letters: ladyloves, solvently, violently, volleyers, volleying. | |
+4 letters: alveolarly, covalently, involvedly, lovelessly, movelessly, polyvalent, solvolyses, volleyball. | |
+5 letters: collusively, equivocally, explosively, grovelingly, inviolately, marvelously, nonverbally, polyvalence, revoltingly, vectorially, vexillology, voicelessly, volleyballs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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