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lovely

[luhv-lee] / ˈlʌv li /


Usage

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Something or someone that is lovely is attractive in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. That which is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.


Example Sentences

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"That's a shared experience around the table and I think it's lovely."

From BBC

Key is a lovely fellow but he might consider whether he has let McCullum and Stokes have too much of what they want.

From BBC

"It's been a really lovely song to try and interpret in a classical way," she said.

From BBC

But “The Singing Word: 168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic” is lovely, both as a collection and in the pleasure and enlightenment readers will derive from individual poems.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mosaku: Everyone has been so complimentary and lovely about the movie.

From Los Angeles Times