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I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
Bea Arthur

Meaning of "lovely" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOVELY

lovely  [ˈlʌvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lovely can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lovely in the English dictionary

The first definition of lovely in the dictionary is very attractive or beautiful. Other definition of lovely is highly pleasing or enjoyable. Lovely is also loving and attentive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOVELY


aggressively
əˈɡrɛsɪvlɪ
alternatively
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
comparatively
kəmˈpærətɪvlɪ
creatively
krɪˈeɪtɪvlɪ
cumulatively
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
excessively
ɪkˈsesɪvlɪ
exclusively
ɪkˈskluːsɪvlɪ
extensively
ɪkˈstɛnsɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
lively
ˈlaɪvlɪ
massively
ˈmæsɪvlɪ
negatively
ˈneɡətɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
progressively
prəˈɡrɛsɪvlɪ
relatively
ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
selectively
sɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ
unlovely
ʌnˈlʌvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOVELY

loveless
lovelessly
lovelessness
lovelier
lovelies
loveliest
lovelight
lovelihead
loveliness
Lovell
lovelock
lovelorn
lovelornness
lovemaker
lovemaking
lover
lover boy
lover´s knot
lovered
loverless

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOVELY

actively
behovely
bravely
collaboratively
competitively
comprehensively
consecutively
deceptively
defensively
definitively
expansively
gravely
impressively
instinctively
intensively
intuitively
qualitatively
quantitatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of lovely in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOVELY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lovely» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lovely

Translation of «lovely» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOVELY

Find out the translation of lovely to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lovely from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lovely» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可爱的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encantador
570 millions of speakers

English

lovely
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्यारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَمِيِلٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

красивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encantador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুদৃশ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charmant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reizend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

美しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아주 매력적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng yêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழகான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुंदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güzel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śliczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гарний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăcut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αξιαγάπητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pragtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nydelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lovely

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVELY»

The term «lovely» is very widely used and occupies the 2.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVELY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lovely» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lovely» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lovely

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10 QUOTES WITH «LOVELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lovely.
1
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.
2
Hans Christian Andersen
My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
3
Bea Arthur
I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
4
Colin Baker
It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who.
5
Peter Baynham
I'm nostalgic for the future I knew as a kid. Back then, it was a lovely, bleepy, heavenly land populated by svelte men in white polo necks, who would lounge on big white sofas sipping blue wine from big glass globes, beside women like the ones on the covers of Hedkandi chill out compilations.
6
Martha Beck
Our ideas about love and attractiveness are so primal, our need for belonging so intense, that most of us are loath to abandon our favorite beliefs on these issues. If you've ever let yourself feel lovable and lovely, only to be deeply hurt, you may see accepting your own body as a setup for severe emotional wounding.
7
James Best
I do mostly Southern landscapes. I do beautiful old barns that are falling down, and beautiful trees reflecting in the water. My lovely wife Dorothy and I travel quite a bit, so I take pictures of different things that inspire me to come home, when I come home here in North Carolina, into my art studio and paint these things.
8
Eric Bristow
It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.
9
Raymond Carver
When I'm writing, I write every day. It's lovely when that's happening. One day dovetailing into the next. Sometimes I don't even know what day of the week it is.
10
Sunidhi Chauhan
Chennai is such a beautiful place to perform in. The city is lovely, and the people, even more so.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOVELY»

Discover the use of lovely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lovely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wicked Lovely
Faerie intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning 21st century faery tale.
Melissa Marr, 2009
2
A Lovely Love Story
In this modern-day fable, Edward Monkton pens an irresistible love story about a fiercely funny but distant Dinosaur who falls in love with a forgetful but free-spirited (and shopping-savvy) Lovely Other Dinosaur.
Edward Monkton, 2012
3
The Lovely Bones
I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer. This is Susie Salmon.
Alice Sebold, 2008
4
All the Lovely Bad Ones
Travis and his sister, Corey, can’t resist a good trick—so when they learn that their grandmother’s sleepy Vermont inn has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little “haunting” of their own.
Mary Downing Hahn, 2009
5
Farewell, My Lovely
Farewell, My Lovely is a classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime.
Raymond Chandler, 2005
6
Reverend Feelgood
" --Publishers Weekly "Characters are lively, funny, and realistic. I turned each page eagerly waiting to see what would/could happen next. I cannot wait to see how Ms. Lovely will follow up this story." --APOOO BookClub
Lutishia Lovely, 2013
7
Lovely Green Eyes: A Novel
After witnessing the suicide of her father and the murder of her mother and brother upon their arrival in Auschwitz, fifteen-year-old Hanka Kaudersova is forced to choose between working in a German military brothel on the eastern front or ...
Arnošt Lustig, 2002
8
The Curse of Lovely: How to break free from the demands of ...
Many people would like to be known as lovely, but for a growing number of people it can feel like a curse. They feel unable to put their own needs before those of everyone else, and feel that changing this is not an option.
Jacqui Marson, 2013
9
Life of Pi
Life of Pi is a masterful and utterly original novel that is at once the story of a young castaway who faces immeasurable hardships on the high seas, and a meditation on religion, faith, art and life that is as witty as it is profound.
Yann Martel, 2009
10
Lovely, Lovely Pirate Gold
A step-up from Twisters, ZigZag provides a range of stories for emergent readers in approximately 150 carefully chosen words. These are fun, very easy to read, real stories with turn-the-page appeal and a beginning, middle and an end.
Scoular Anderson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lovely is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Lovely Wedding | Chef Rossi - Huffington Post
The 210 wedding guests who had just attended a ceremony in the park around the corner from the reception venue began to arrive. Dressed in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Hodor met Michael J. Fox and Neve Campbell and had a lovely
Not too bad for my first Comicon photo with the lovely @KristianNairn #Hodor #GameofThrones @Showmasters pic.twitter.com/Dv3Rvxhqr3. «Mashable, Jul 15»
3
Lovely Warren On Carousel - TWCNews.com
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren reacted Sunday to an old image depicting two enslaved African American children painted on the carousel. «TWC News, Jul 15»
4
Having a girl? Magically lovely baby gear for your new daughter
There's no real reason for baby gear to be gendered. Babies don't care if the gear around them is pink, blue or some shade of puce. They don't ... «BabyCenter, Jul 15»
5
Love Story's O'Neal, MacGraw still look lovely, on stage in Broward
From “Love Story” to “Love Letters,” Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal have been romantically linked for the past 45 years. At least on the screen ... «MyPalmBeachPost, Jul 15»
6
Town is looking blooming lovely - News Post Leader
It will be stiff competition, but Cramlington is blooming and the community and residents have really got involved in making it look so lovely.”. «New Post Leader, Jul 15»
7
LOVELY VIDEO & PICTURES: Chesterfield Carnival wows crowds …
To view a gallery of pictures by photographers Anne Shelley and Eric Gregory, click the link above. Max McCulloch, nine, from Chesterfield, ... «The Star, Jul 15»
8
Tributes to "lovely lady" Pat Burke (From Maldon and Burnham …
He said: “She was a lovely lady and did so much for the people of the town who were vulnerable or disabled." Harwich Town Councillor John Brown, who also ... «Maldon and Burnham Standard, Jul 15»
9
Javone Prince: 'It's lovely to make people belly laugh' | Television …
Javone Prince: 'It's lovely to make people belly laugh'. The PhoneShop star hopes to shake up primetime with a new BBC 2 sketch show about ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Private varsities like Lovely professional University seek to woo …
The 600 acre campus of Lovely professional University in Jalandhar which often graces full page advertisements in newspapers, has ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lovely [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lovely>. May 2024 ».
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