lovely
Usage
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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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"The Smyrnaeans have the river Meles, with its lovely water, and at its springs is the grotto, where they say Homer composed his poems," wrote the 2nd-century Greek chronicler and geographer Pausanias.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lucy said their beloved pet had recognised them "straight away", describing it as "lovely, because we didn't expect that".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Peaches are particularly lovely here, though I’ve made the same syrup with blackberries to equally good effect.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mal Pope said Bonnie Tyler would have been smiling and thinking, "isn't this lovely that people still remember this song"
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Leah owned nice furniture and lovely clothes, but was somehow a month behind on the rent.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Cool, dark conditions, like those found in an unheated basement, a garage or a shed, will lull your lovelies into dormancy and hold them there in relative suspended animation.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
Hey my lovelies it’s with great disappointment that I willl not be performing this weekend @bbcstrictly due to testing positive with Covid 19.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2021
“So happy Dedicated Side B is OUT! Thank you lovelies for the immense support already!” she exclaimed in a separate Instagram post.
From Fox News ● May 21, 2020
"Welcome, my lovelies; I am Rose Bertain, House Orléans, and Royal Beauty Minister to our great kingdom. I have a message from Her Majesty."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
But the settings—sailboats, grottoes, caves, lush gardens, elegant townhouses—couldn’t be lovelier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Lifestyle influencers make a vocation out of selling some lovelier version of life, presenting a model to which we can aspire.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
Barrymore also previously interviewed Armstrong on her US daytime TV show, The Drew Barrymore Show, saying the 12-year-old "could not have been lovelier".
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023
I was nervous, and she couldn't have been lovelier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
“You are even lovelier than I was told, princess,” he declared.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The loveliest skyscraper, however, is in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Finn’s hyperactive sense of smell and bottomless appetite provide lighthearted comic relief, while the descriptions of Chase running are some of the book’s loveliest passages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
“It’s just the loveliest thought, isn’t it, that they live on and exist within us,” says Al-Shamahi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
Speaking from his student halls, he says he has met "some of the kindest and loveliest people", and is enjoying exploring a new city.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
It contained several brochures about the university—the loveliest school I had ever seen—a lengthy application form and a hand-written letter from Dick Benjamin, the school’s tennis coach.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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