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View synonyms for heavenly

heavenly

[ 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.

    Synonyms: cherubic, beatific, blessed, angelic, seraphic, sublime, supernal

    Antonyms: hellish, infernal



heavenly

/ ˈhɛvənlɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    alluring, wonderful, or sublime
  2. of or occurring in space

    a heavenly body

  3. divine; holy


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Derived Forms

  • ˈheavenliness, noun

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Other Words From

  • heaven·li·ness noun
  • un·heaven·ly adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heavenly1

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

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Example Sentences

Even Thales felt that “there were gods in all things,” Aristotle had written, and Thales and others had attributed souls to heavenly bodies.

It is typically served on bread with olive oil, but it’s heavenly sprinkled on just about anything from popcorn to eggs to grilled vegetables.

Almost all of the works include one or more circles that represent the heavenly body invoked in the exhibition’s title, “The Moon Is Always Full.”

Dates and walnuts were considered luxurious, and the taste is certainly heavenly, so that could be the connection.

Alex Shannon is a “sleep influencer” who spends most of his time running the account, crafting cozy-looking images of heavenly sleepscapes.

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Both are absolutely heavenly, full of flavors that dance on the tongue and waltz their way down the throat.

I cannot reconcile the idea of a tender Heavenly Father with the known horrors of war, slavery, pestilence, and insanity.

But with no Devil the belief in a merciful and loving Heavenly Father becomes impossible.

But this theory of a merciful, and loving Heavenly Father is vital to the Christian religion.

These are the only possible means for conveying heavenly truth or future history to our minds.

And also was betokened the certain glory in reserve for all others favoured with increased heavenly light, and enabled to believe.

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