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heavenly

[hev-uhn-lee]

heav·en·ly

[hev-uhn-lee]
adjective
1.
of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
2.
of, belonging to, or coming from the heaven of God, the angels, etc.
3.
resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful: His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.
4.
divine or celestial: heavenly peace.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English hevenly, Old English heofonlīc. See heaven, -ly

heav·en·li·ness, noun
un·heav·en·ly, adjective


4. supernal, sublime; seraphic, cherubic, angelic; blessed, beatific.


4. infernal, hellish.

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heavenly (ˈhɛvənlɪ)
 
adj
1.  informal alluring, wonderful, or sublime
2.  of or occurring in space: a heavenly body
3.  divine; holy
 
'heavenliness
 
n

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