lovely
pronunciation
How to pronounce lovely in British English:
UK [ˈlʌvli]
How to pronounce lovely in American English:
US [ˈlʌvli]
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- Noun:
- a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
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- Adjective:
- appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
- lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Word Origin
- lovely (adj.)
- Old English luflic "affectionate, loveable;" see love (n.) + -ly (1). The modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c. 1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [George P. Marsh, "The Origin and History of the English Language," 1862].
Example
- 1. I think there 's a lovely contradiction here .
- 2. I hope you 're all having a lovely monday .
- 3. She is lovely and he is lovely and they started out long .
- 4. It 's a lovely thing to have .
- 5. Oxytocin discharges thoughts of love ( and perhaps lovely thoughts ) from our glands .