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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lovely
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beautiful/lovely/glorious day (=with very nice weather)
▪ It was a beautiful day yesterday, wasn’t it?
a beautiful/lovely/magnificent setting
▪ The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.
a nice/lovely/happy day (=enjoyable)
▪ We’ve had a lovely day at the beach.
a nice/pleasant/lovely surprise
▪ It’s a lovely surprise to see you.
a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (=pleasant)
▪ The pianist played a sweet melody.
beautiful/lovely
▪ The scenery was beautiful and the people were really friendly.
good/lovely/beautiful
▪ He wrote, in his lovely handwriting, a letter asking Ramsey to visit him.
good/nice/lovely (=not wet)
▪ We’ll go out if the weather is good.
lovely/pretty/beautiful
▪ They admired the lovely flowers in the garden.
nice/pleasant/lovely
▪ There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.
they make a lovely couple (=look very attractive together/suit each other well)
▪ You two would make a lovely couple.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ I've honestly never met anyone half as lovely as you.
▪ For many years she lay in the coffin, but strangely remained as lovely as if she were still alive.
▪ The garden was as lovely as ever.
how
▪ Look how lovely she is, like a flower.
▪ I had never realized how lovely they were, how kind, how unfailingly polite.
▪ They even shared cream cakes and tea from a flask at half-time. How lovely Bangor folk are!
▪ You can't imagine how lovely she was.
▪ Travis told us how lovely you were.
▪ Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.
▪ Do you know how lovely you are?
▪ It was good to be there. How lovely are thy courts, O Lord.
most
▪ It is a most lovely valley area, extending to over forty acres.
▪ All had their pages bring and present her with most lovely things, robes and jewels and golden chains.
▪ Here was a most lovely situation, a sandspit which had been built up into a peninsula.
▪ They saw instead a most lovely milk-white hind springing into the forest.
▪ All the most lovely words of love and passion could not express one tenth of what I feel for you.
▪ She took from a chest a most lovely robe.
▪ They had the finest food, the finest way of living, the most lovely gardens, the finest dress.
really
▪ You can turn them up to the most incredible volume and strum them very lightly, and you get a really lovely sound.
▪ She was sweet, she was really lovely.
▪ It was really lovely to see how everyone helped everyone else.
▪ They can be temperamental in the press, but look really lovely when pressed successfully.
▪ To the east of Bagnères is a really lovely piece of country, not to be ignored.
▪ It overlooks the tiny village of Montelovesco and offers some really lovely views of the hills of Umbria.
▪ There are some really lovely places to explore, including some guided walks organised by the Tourist Office.
▪ She's a really lovely woman but she's not very bright about things like this.
so
▪ Quite taken with them she was, so lovely to look at, him so fair, her so dark.
▪ She must go to him looking so lovely that he could not resist her.
▪ She, of course, becomes agitated and it's so lovely to watch full ripe bosoms rise and fall!
▪ Also, Sunday lunches, especially in the summer, are so lovely and relaxed.
▪ It's so lovely to see you!
▪ The naming ceremony is so lovely.
▪ Of course, your house is so lovely and full of life.
very
▪ Glen Muick is very lovely with roaming red deer, beautiful waterfalls, and a peaceful loch.
▪ The weather was perfect all the while we were there, the evenings very lovely, moonlight softened by fog.
▪ You're a very lovely girl.
▪ I knew her on Long Island when she was a girl. Very lovely child.
▪ She is here, she is unmarried, she is still very lovely - but I don't love her.
▪ It was all very slow, very lovely, the glow burning and the darkness coming and the water moving.
▪ She was a very lovely but very unhappy woman.
▪ However, single or limited colour schemes can be very lovely and a popular addition to the garden.
■ NOUN
day
▪ In these lovely days, still unspoilt by materialism and television, there was always a singer.
▪ I just sat, looking at the lovely day, glad the train was in no hurry.
▪ They all came in, they d had a lovely day shopping.
▪ It was the loveliest day imaginable now that she knew the name of Angel's foster parents.
▪ It was a shame to waste such a lovely day sitting indoors, he announced.
▪ We've had a lovely day, haven't we Arthur?
▪ It's a lovely day, isn't it?
evening
▪ It was one of those still, lovely evenings that you sometimes get in October.
▪ It's been a lovely evening.
▪ They spent lovely evenings and nights together.
▪ Eventually we decided that, as it was such a lovely evening, we'd stroll round the village.
▪ It had been such a lovely evening.
face
▪ His eyes appraised her face, a lovely face, a sad face - because of him.
▪ Her lovely face in the candlelight, the soft pitch of her voice as she sang him to sleep.
▪ The sun shone on her lovely face and hair.
▪ Through the long slow hours of darkness he saw her lovely face and forgot that she did not love him.
▪ If only he could see her, speak to her, look into her lovely face.
▪ But as I looked into her lovely face, I knew I could not live with the lie.
▪ What a shape, what a neck, what a hand, and what a bloom on that lovely face!
garden
▪ Service is friendly and laid-back and there's a lovely garden, with tables for alfresco eating.
▪ Newby Hall is a famous Adam House with a lovely garden with adventure park for children.
▪ Redlands Here you can relax in a pine lodge overlooking a lovely garden, or sun yourself on the semi-circular sun terrace.
▪ No sirens or bombs, and a lovely garden, full of flowers.
▪ There is a swimming pool with a sun terrace, pool bar, free deckchairs and deckchairs all set in lovely gardens.
▪ Dundalk station, with its lovely garden, stood at the edge of town, close to the enormous Harp Lager brewery.
▪ She knew every inch of its twisting rambling passageways, every tree in its old lovely garden.
▪ Friendly service and a lovely garden.
girl
▪ You're a very lovely girl.
▪ She was the loveliest girl that I'd ever seen in my life, and her voice was like music.
▪ Marilyn's a lovely girl and you're a lucky man.
▪ I see you've met one of our loveliest girls.
▪ That evening I visited the house, and met Clara, a lovely girl, obviously in love with Herbert.
▪ It would be far more sensible to concentrate his thoughts on the lovely girl at his side.
▪ We know about the lovely girls who model, they look wonderful in everything, but how about some one like Ma Larkin?
house
▪ And buying a lovely house of your own and sending the children to good schools.
▪ Then the boy; then this lovely house to come back to, and a job waiting for me.
▪ It's a lovely house, it's a lovely place.
▪ Visitors found it a lovely house, full of air and hospitality.
▪ A lovely house Syon, whose occupants tended the sick and brought about many a cure.
▪ The former school building is now converted to a lovely house.
lady
▪ I remember a lovely lady who attended my slimming club years ago.
▪ She is a lovely lady as well as a great physio, and we chatted away as she worked on my legs.
man
▪ Oh, he was a lovely man!
▪ She insisted she'd got a lovely man for me.
▪ He's a lovely man, and he and my son go everywhere together.
▪ He was a lovely man, one in a million.
place
▪ It's a lovely place with excellent facilities.
▪ And a lovely place it is, too, Jack.
▪ This a lovely place to get away from the pressures of everyday life under the care of the owner and his friendly staff.
▪ Both of them were smiling, the world a bright and lovely place.
▪ They had been wonderfully blessed to have had so long in this lovely place.
▪ You might take an unexpected turning just because it feels right, and discover a lovely place to eat.
▪ These damaging pests have found that your compost bin is a lovely place to hide and shelter.
time
▪ I went and had a lovely time.
▪ She took me to meet the Fellowship she helps to lead and we had a lovely time of worship together.
▪ We had a lovely time filming it in Yorkshire.
▪ He had a lovely time, you could tell by the way he twitched.
▪ Enclosed is a cheque for £84-00, as arranged, I trust you have all had a lovely time on holiday.
▪ I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill.
▪ And what a lovely time that was.
▪ We two were the youngest in the family and had lovely times together.
view
▪ Drinks are served in the dining room or on the terrace which offers lovely views across the lake.
▪ One provides hot foot - at a gentle pace from a cliff top site with lovely views.
▪ The hotel is located in the middle of the pedestrian area yet all the rooms are quiet and have lovely views.
▪ There are lovely views of the Inland Ionian islands through the beautifully kept garden.
▪ Artists and poets have never tired of its historic buildings and artisan shops, richly wooded hills and lovely views.
▪ From the hacienda and from the lovely view that her balcony gave of the mountains they had seemed quite close.
▪ Each features a balcony with lovely views.
woman
▪ Not hers but his and the lovely woman he lived with but had no intention of marrying - yet, that was.
▪ I had a girl friend who went there, a lovely woman.
▪ You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman, privileged and - you know this better than I do unique.
▪ Clicking on any category brings up a bevy of lovely women.
▪ How you corrupted a young and lovely woman ... and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment.
▪ She was lovely, and lovely women ought not to intrude into the lives of lonely men.
▪ She's a really lovely woman but she's not very bright about things like this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Anna's perfume smells lovely.
▪ Claire was young and lovely, but rather shy.
▪ Don't the Schultz sisters look lovely?
▪ He told his wife that evening that she had never looked lovelier.
▪ Her hair's a lovely shade of red.
▪ It was a lovely big house with a big garden out the back.
▪ It would be lovely to see you again.
▪ Old Dr Macintosh was a lovely man.
▪ Rita's a lovely young girl.
▪ Rosie's a lovely baby.
▪ Thank you for the lovely birthday present.
▪ The dress was such a lovely colour, a deep blue that really suited her.
▪ The garden was looking lovely.
▪ The hills will be lovely at this time of year.
▪ The staff at the hotel were lovely - so helpful and polite.
▪ They've got a lovely big house in the country.
▪ They've got three lovely kids.
▪ We had a lovely time at the beach.
▪ What a lovely baby!
▪ You are so lucky to live here with all this lovely countryside around you.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Billie the person was lovely and unscathed.
▪ From Leipzig to Dresden, with the gentle Elbe flowing between, this is a lovely state to get into.
▪ From Thaxted we went to a lovely old thatched pub called the Ashtree at Burton End.
▪ Now my lovely tomatoes are beginning to disappear.
▪ There are lovely views of the Inland Ionian islands through the beautifully kept garden.
▪ There was a lovely picture of him on telly last night peering woefully over the fence dressed in snazzy suit.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lovely

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.

Lovely

Lovely \Love"ly\, adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.]
--Tyndale.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lovely

Old English luflic "affectionate, loveable;" see love (n.) + -ly (1). The modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c.1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [George P. Marsh, "The Origin and History of the English Language," 1862].

Wiktionary
lovely

Etymology 1 a. 1 Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. 2 Very nice, wonderful. 3 (context obsolete English) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable. 4 (context obsolete English) loving, filled with love. n. 1 An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. 2 (non-gloss definition: Term of fond address.) 3 A lovely object. (rfex) Etymology 2

a. worthy to be praised.

Related phrases:
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]

Wikipedia
Lovely

Lovely is an expression in Love, it will also refer to:

Lovely (Yumemiru Lovely Boy)

"Lovely: Yume Miru Lovely Boy" is the seventh single released by Tomoko Kawase under the name Tommy February. "Lovely: Yume Miru Lovely Boy" is the theme song for the Japanese version of Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys. It was released on July 14, 2004, and peaked at #14 in Japan and stayed on the charts for eight weeks.

Lovely (The Primitives album)

Lovely is a 1988 studio album by The Primitives. It features the international hit single " Crash", later featured in remix form as 'The 95 mix' on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack, as well as the UK Top 100 hits "Stop Killing Me", "Thru the Flowers", and "Out of Reach". " Way Behind Me" was issued as a single after the album's initial release, and later included on re-releases as well as on the follow-up album Pure.

Lovely (Jocelyn Enriquez album)

Lovely is the first album by singer Jocelyn Enriquez. It was released in 1994 on Classified Records. Lovely includes the hit singles "I've Been Thinking About You" (#80 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Make It Last Forever", "Big Love" and "Only".

During this album, Enriquez was labeled as a sell-out by the Filipino community because of her Spanish rendition of "I've Been Thinking About You". The single was re-recorded in Spanish due to a trend in freestyle dance music at the time and to appeal to the huge Latin demographic of the freestyle community. The Spanish lyrics were also translated by Monica Lisa Bernard, formerly of the freestyle trio, Heaven (With All My Heart). Enriquez's personal favorite song off the album is "Big Love", due to the Donna Summer relevance.

"Lovely" was also re-released and re-mastered in 1999 and noted as "Lovely" (Digital Remaster). The album is now available for digital sale on iTunes and all singles from this album: "I've Been Thinking About You", "Make This Last Forever", "You Are the One", "Big Love", "Big Love (Energy Box Mixes)", and "Only".

Lovely (2001 film)

Lovely is a 2001 Tamil film directed by S. K. Jeeva (credited as Sakthi) who previously directed Pudhumai Pithan. The film stars Karthik and Malavika in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film was remade in Telugu as Andamaina Abaddham with Raja and Kamna.

Lovely (2012 film)

Lovely is a 2012 Telugu film written and directed by B. Jaya. The film was produced by B. A. Raju and Anoop Rubens has composed music for the film. The film stars Aadi and Shanvi in lead roles. The film was a joint production between R. R. Movie Makers and RJ Cinemas. Alongside direction both editing and screenplay were also handled by B. Jaya. The Movie was released on 30 March 2012 and was a Hit at the Box Office. It was dubbed in to Hindi as Vijay Meri Hai.

Lovely (surname)

Lovely is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Arvinder Singh Lovely (born 1968), Indian politician
  • Joan Lovely, American politician
  • John A. Lovely (1843-1908), American jurist
  • Louise Lovely (1895–1980), Australian actress
  • Pete Lovely (1926–2011), American racecar driver
  • Stephen Lovely, American writer
Lovely (Twenty One Pilots song)

"Lovely" is a song written and recorded by American alternative hip hop band Twenty One Pilots for their third album Vessel. "Lovely" was released as a promotional single for the band's trip to Japan, being released on Warner Music on April 17.

"Lovely" also appeared in a Japanese television advertisement, called "Right-on", shortly before its release.

Lovely (Desperate Housewives)

"Lovely" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy-drama series, Desperate Housewives, and the 126th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on ABC in the United States on February 21, 2010. In the episode, former stripper Robin Gallagher ( Julie Benz) interacts with each of the women of Wisteria Lane, drastically affecting their lives. She grows particularly close to Katherine Mayfair ( Dana Delany), with whom she shares a kiss during a bar outing.

The episode was written by David Schladweiler and directed by David Warren. It included the second in a string of guest appearances by Benz, who had recently departed as a regular from the Showtime drama series, Dexter. "Lovely" introduced an ongoing storyline of Katherine exploring her sexuality, a subplot which was met with enthusiasm by actress Delany. The pairing between Robin and Katherine was the first lesbian relationship in Desperate Housewives.

"Lovely" received generally mixed reviews, with detractors criticizing it for failing to advance the show's plotlines. According to Nielsen ratings, the episode was seen by 10.9 million viewers, and matched the series low rating from the previous episode, " The Glamorous Life", although the subsequent episode, " The Chase", drew even poorer ratings. Viewership for "Lovely" suffered because of competition from the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Lovely (1979 film)

Lovely is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film, directed by N Sankaran Nair and produced by Sherif Kottarakkara. The film stars Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Kottayam Santha, Krishnachandran and Manavalan Joseph in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. K. Arjunan.

Usage examples of "lovely".

The Powers aboon can only ken To whom the heart is seen, That nane can be sae dear to me As my sweet lovely Jean!

There was light everywhere, coming not from candles set afire, but streaming in through the windows in lovely parallel lines of emerald and blue.

She was watched with delight even by the monks for in her black silk gown, ornamented by the brilliant tartan scarf, held together by the gold agraffe which was engraved with the arms of Scotland and Lorraine, her lovely hair loose about her shoulders, she was a charming sight.

Isemonger, wife of the police magistrate of the Province, met me on the bright, green lawn studded with clumps of alamanda, which surrounds their lovely, palm-shaded bungalow.

She tapped her toe impatiently, wondering why Duncan persisted in talking about old and withered Eglantine when she, ripe and lovely Alienor, was directly before him.

When I was awake I found that the happy dream of the night had turned my love for the lovely creature into a perfect amorous frenzy, and it could not be other wise.

Her slender figure, her prominent hips, her beautifully-modelled bosom, her large eyes, from which flashed the sparkle of amorous desire, everything about her was strikingly beautiful, and presented to my hungry looks the perfection of the mother of love, adorned by all the charms which modesty throws over the attractions of a lovely woman.

She had lovely hands, Jill thought, slender and graceful, with long fingernails that had been stained a tasteful orange-red with annatto seeds and polished to such a glossy perfection that Jill found herself hiding her own calloused fingers and bitten nails in her lap.

Her answering in the negative made me understand that, if I had pressed her a little, she would have allowed me to see her lovely pupil, and perhaps it was with that intention that she had contrived to speak to me, but I felt great reluctance to do anything to displease my worthy host.

Troy settled at a table in the saloon, finished her drawing and treated it to a lovely blush of aquarelle crayons which she had bought for fun and because they were easy to carry.

They ascended the bank of a river, and Arabin was overpowered with the change--the morning was indeed lovely.

Besides the lovely arrangements of cut flowers, there were eight-foot tall areca palms in strategic locations, succulent jade, rhododendrons.

The betel-nut is the fruit of the lovely, graceful, slender-shafted areca palm.

Her nipples had a lovely pouty shape, their areolas swollen though not erect.

Rather, the Ashram was a beautiful retreat in a lovely location, where under the gentle guidance of the Teacher each worshiped in his own way, at a cost of seven hundred dollars per week, room and board included.