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
And that lovely park nearby is a bonus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
"I thought I was going to have a happy, quiet birthday but little did I know what a lovely thing was planned," Betty said.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 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
“That was lovely, Sayeh. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with us,” Mrs. Brisbane said.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing lovely
Call of Beauty: Synonyms for "Beautiful"
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