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Loveliest

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
loveliest

a. (en-superlative 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]

loveliest

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Usage examples of "loveliest".

It shone in a hundred different hues, but it was loveliest when it stood out against the rich green verdure of the island, for then the two colors complemented each other, and Kauai seemed to merit the name by which it was affectionately known: the Garden Island.

It had felt so good on her body and was such a becoming colour: quite the loveliest thing she had ever worn.

He had failed at first to find her because she was by all odds the loveliest of the girls and he had not been able to believe that she was intended for him.

On her last trip to the Orient, Noelani had acquired a set of Japanese color prints snowing what were called the eight loveliest scenes on earth.

It was all the way downhill, and we had the loveliest summer weather for it.