Crossword clues for lovelier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lovely \Love"ly\, a. [Compar. Lovelier; superl. Loveliest.]
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Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. ``Lovely to look on.''
--Piers Plowman.Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.
--Robert of Brunne.If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers.
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Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
A most lovely gentlemanlike man.
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Loving; tender. [Obs.] ``A lovely kiss.''
--Shak.Many a lovely look on them he cast.
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Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.
--Tennyson.Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: lovely)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "lovelier".
Nowhere in the world could boats returning to shore be lovelier than at Lahaina, where the roads were caught between islands.