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heavenly

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; "celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts" [syn: celestial ] of or relating to the sky; "celestial map"; "a heavenly body" [syn: celestial ] of or belonging to heaven or god [ant: earthly ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heavenly \Heav"en*ly\, adv. In a manner resembling that of heaven. ``She was heavenly true.'' --Shak. By the influence or agency of heaven. Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. --Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford , England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher (vocals/guitar), Mathew Fletcher (drums; Amelia's brother), Peter Momtchiloff (guitar) and Robert Pursey (bass) had all been members of Talulah Gosh , a ...

Usage examples of heavenly.

A simpleton shall wipe the dews of death, and close my eyes: and when I cross the river of death, let me be met by a band of the heavenly host, who were all simpletons here on earth, and too good for such a hole, so now they are in heaven, and their garments always white--because there are no laundresses there.

More clear the forms of speechless bliss float by, And heavenly gestures suit aethereal melody.

But, although believing fully in my oracles, they were too kind-hearted to think them the work of the devil, and it suited their natural goodness better to believe my answers inspired by some heavenly spirit.

O thou, the very power by which I am, And but for which it were in vain to be, Chief next Diana, virgin heavenly fair, Admired Arete, of them admired Whose souls are not enkindled by the sense, Disdain not my chaste fire, but feed the flame Devoted truly to thy gracious name.

It was a heavenly way to wake up, one she had awoken to the night before and would be pleased to awaken to again and again she decided as Connall slid a leg between both of hers, allowing it to rub against the center of her.

Then we went back to the Blowfish, which blazed with light and cast a heavenly garlic smell across the water.

Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun : Vessels of heavenly medicine!

The Chaldaean astronomers made a few discoveries concerning the motions of the heavenly bodies, which, rudimentary as they were, still prove them to have been men of rare intellect.

While this Heavenly City is on pilgrimage on earth, it calls out all peoples and so collects a society of aliens, speaking all languages.

Daish Reik had laughed and clapped Kheda on the shoulder, brushing into oblivion the pattern of both earthly and heavenly compasses that he had so painstakingly drawn in the sand to illustrate some earlier point.

Victims now hovering amongst the Dantean cherubim and seraphims, in that unbelieving cosmos of heavenly hosts.

Thy heavenly favors, and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence.

And the people of Ultonia, having entered Dunum, celebrated the solemnities of the Mass, and in the place foreshown by the heavenly light buried the venerable body with all due veneration, and this desirable treasure, this most precious jewel, they deposited beneath a stone, five cubits deep in the heart of the earth, lest haply by stealth it might be conveyed thence.

Her whole being anticipated the heavenly crunch of the falafel balls nestled in among fresh cucumber and tomatoes and yogurt sauce.

The manner in which the craft leapt forward under each stroke of the oars testified to the strength of his arms, and madame presently subsided into whispers of thankfulness, having reason, it would seem, to be content with mere earthly aid in lieu of that heavenly intervention which ladies of her species summon at every turn of life.