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.
Example Sentences
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Winding back 166 million years, Nichols said the area surrounding the tracks would have been "a really lovely tropical, kind of lush environment".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"It also makes it visible so people can see it, and it's a lovely open access site that kids love to run around," Holden added.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Williams tested the market in 2021, asking for $7.5 million for the lovely residence.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It glides by smoothly, and Ms. Mann’s lilting, melancholy songs are hypnotically lovely, but the characters’ anguish and psychological distress are only faintly sketched in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
As it turned out, the cook had once seen a lovely picture postcard of Budapest, and the beauty and blueness of the Danube River had left her curious about Hungarian cuisine ever since.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing lovely
Call of Beauty: Synonyms for "Beautiful"
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