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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu 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.

Example Sentences

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“It was a perfect spiral. It was beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Instead of becoming a truly global power, Europe remains a beautiful but fragmented kaleidoscope of small and middle powers," he said.

From Barron's

“It’s beautiful for everybody to care so much about it.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was a beautiful experience, one that was like giving a glass of water to somebody in the middle of the desert.

From Los Angeles Times

"It doesn't make them not beautiful, it just makes them break a mould," he added.

From BBC