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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Christina Applegate has resurfaced on social media after a lengthy hospital stay to show off her lovely locks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Maybe it’s just opening the refrigerator and finding something cold and lovely to drink.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
As long as you aren’t going into debt to figure that out, I think this could be a lovely arrangement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
"It's been so lovely watching Penny grow, seeing how they navigate everything and all the things they've done," neonatal nurse Teri added.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I’ll be honest, I might have preferred flowers, or at least a more feminine handbag rather than a heavy-duty satchel, but still it was a lovely thought!
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
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
Cool, dark conditions, like those found in an unheated basement, a garage or a shed, will lull your lovelies into dormancy and hold them there in relative suspended animation.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
Hey my lovelies it’s with great disappointment that I willl not be performing this weekend @bbcstrictly due to testing positive with Covid 19.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2021
“Not terribly. They happened on a couple lovelies of their own. Not as lovely as yours, of course.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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But the settings—sailboats, grottoes, caves, lush gardens, elegant townhouses—couldn’t be lovelier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Lifestyle influencers make a vocation out of selling some lovelier version of life, presenting a model to which we can aspire.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
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
I was nervous, and she couldn't have been lovelier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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
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
Finn’s hyperactive sense of smell and bottomless appetite provide lighthearted comic relief, while the descriptions of Chase running are some of the book’s loveliest passages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
"It's when we're doing all the loveliest things and we're connected and we're joyful and we're find it very challenging at the moment to be apart."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
I reached the edge of the pool of light and stepped through the last fringe of ferns into the loveliest place I had ever seen.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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