lovely
/ˈlʌv.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
noun
A lovely object.
Example Sentences
- "It's a lovely day and the sun is shining."
- "The music box plays a lovely melody."
- "The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms."
- "So it was this beautiful young woman Rokoff had been persecuting. Tarzan wondered in a lazy sort of way whom she might be, and what relations one so lovely could have with the surly, bearded Russian."
- "His pink coat was lovely"
- "The woods are lovely, dark and deep."
Etymology
From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
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Inflected Forms
lovelier (comparative)
loveliest (superlative)
lovelies (plural)
more lovely (comparative)
most lovely (superlative)