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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbju tə fəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that 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. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

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“My heart breaks for the world, her family and friends who will miss her deeply. We’re in this loss together and we will see her in all of the most beautiful things.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

It is rare for a natural vista to be made more beautiful by inserting architecture into it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I asked him to meet me on the lakefront for a walk — a poor substitute for the Pacific air, but beautiful all the same.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"It's a really beautiful thing, but it can lead you in really wrong directions."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

It was about seals, the beautiful creatures who live in two worlds.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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