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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Malone also offered up country-fied renditions of some of his older songs, including “Circles” — it’s about his favorite shape, he noted — “Rockstar” and “Sunflower,” which sounded especially lovely in this rootsy setting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
"Shropshire's a lovely place to live and work, but that doesn't mean there aren't things we can do to make it better," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
And that lovely park nearby is a bonus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
“She was a very lovely girl, very kind, and very much loved by everyone,” her father, Jesus Alfredo Zavaleta Tafur, said in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The fungi were a stunning blue, the color of a bitter-cold sky, but that lovely exterior hid a deadly poison.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing lovely
Call of Beauty: Synonyms for "Beautiful"
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