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Lovelier

Lovely \Love"ly\, a. [Compar. Lovelier; superl. Loveliest.]

  1. 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.
    --Shak.

  2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.

    A most lovely gentlemanlike man.
    --Shak.

  3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] ``A lovely kiss.''
    --Shak.

    Many a lovely look on them he cast.
    --Chaucer.

  4. 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
lovelier

a. (en-comparative of: lovely)

WordNet
lovely
  1. adj. appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

  2. lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn: adorable, endearing]

  3. n. a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model [syn: cover girl, pin-up]

  4. [also: loveliest, lovelier]

lovelier

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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.