lovely
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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Needless to say, the young narrator soon yearns to marry the lovely and ethereal Blanche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
We've certainly come a long way from Hesmondhalgh's "It's lovely to meet you Myha'la, I'm such a big fan, I've watched all of Industry!" just two episodes ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Now, a lovely family can have a big Thanksgiving dinner using it,” said Van Meter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Nice place, met a lot of lovely people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“My law-abiding friends and I were on a lovely morning stroll,” the Rougarou says.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Estrada’s top tip for growing these lovelies is to plant rhizomes horizontally and shallowly so that the top of the fleshy root is exposed.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
Persimmons, grapefruit, kumquats and perhaps the most delectable and elusive of all the mandarins: the tiny, seedless kishus — all of these little lovelies thrive in our climate.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
“So happy Dedicated Side B is OUT! Thank you lovelies for the immense support already!” she exclaimed in a separate Instagram post.
From Fox News ● May 21, 2020
I thought I should maybe apologize for what I did to her lovelies.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Introduced in 2025, the two-seat, mid-front-mounted GT replaced the retiring Roma, a lovelier and more astute interpretation of the brief, complete with a historically redolent “eggcrate” grille.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Barrymore also previously interviewed Armstrong on her US daytime TV show, The Drew Barrymore Show, saying the 12-year-old "could not have been lovelier".
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023
“She couldn’t have been lovelier and more generous,” Johnson said, adding that Lansbury was perfect for the scene in every way except one: “Not a gamer,” he explained.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
I was nervous, and she couldn't have been lovelier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Exquisite in its size, perfect in its shape, the stone was lovelier than the finest pearl and more gorgeous than the costliest jewel.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Whether it’s “ba-dee-yah” or “ah-OOO-uh” or “na-na-na,” melding your voice with your neighbors’ can be the loveliest, most human experience around.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Los Angeles native’s cryptic social media presence is a gingerbread-crumb trail to the loveliest images you’ve never seen — but will, probably in your favorite magazine, in one to three months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The loveliest skyscraper, however, is in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
But if “What Do You Mean?” deploys a more conventional tropical-house production, it’s still built around one of the singer’s loveliest vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
It was still the loveliest summer weather, and there had been chicken for dinner, so that Merlyn had gone off to the edge of their shooting-ground and sat down under a tree.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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