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love⋅ly

  [luhv-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, noun, plural -lies, adverb
–adjective
1. charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
2. having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a face.
3. delightful; highly pleasing: to have a lovely time.
4. of a great moral or spiritual beauty: a lovely character.
–noun
5. Informal. a beautiful woman, esp. a show girl.
6. any person or thing that is pleasing, highly satisfying, or the like: Every car in the new line is a lovely.
–adverb
7. Nonstandard. very well; splendidly.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME luvelich, OE luflīc amiable. See love, -ly

Related forms:
love⋅li⋅ly, adverb
love⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. See beautiful.
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love·ly   (lŭv'lē)   
adj.   love·li·er, love·li·est

  1. Full of love; loving.

  2. Inspiring love or affection.

  3. Having beauty that appeals to the emotions as well as to the eye. See Synonyms at beautiful.

  4. Enjoyable; delightful.

n.   pl. love·lies

  1. A beautiful person, especially a woman.

  2. A lovely object.

love'li·ness n., love'ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

lovely 
O.E. luflic "affectionate, loveable," the modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c.1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [Marsh].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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