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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbju tə fəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that 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. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

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The newborn girls have been named Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and also Alexa, after Alexa Bendall, who described it as "a beautiful tribute".

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Another vet chimed in: “It’s such a beautiful thing — we GET to do nothing if we want to.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Maybe it’s lower lighting, good hand soap in the bathroom or a beautiful bread course placed on the table before anyone has had time to wonder whether they are hungry.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Macauley credited the progress to a "beautiful partnership" between herself, her students and other trainees.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

He reverted to all fours and bounded across the room, dodging the flames, yipping as a hungry blaze singed his beautiful snow-sky tail.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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