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lovely

[luhv-lee] / ˈlʌv li /


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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.


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He shares eldest daughter Royalty with ex-girlfriend and model Nia Guzman, son Aeko with ex-girlfriend and model Ammika Harris and youngest daughter Lovely with esthetician Diamond Brown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Martina Kenny, co-founder of My Lovely Horse Animal Rescue, said she thinks the horses may have been abandoned by their owner after getting sick or injured.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Mary Lovely, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics said Trump likely found little support in Congress and strong pushback from companies.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Its manufacturing sector, already under pressure from trade tensions and high interest rates and in contraction by some measures, is particularly vulnerable because its supply chains are tightly intertwined with Europe, said Lovely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

“As I said, largely the same. Lovely voice, light of foot, quick of tongue, men’s adoration and women’s scorn in roughly equal amounts.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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