Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loverly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: lover-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of lovers.

adj

Pronunciation spelling of lovely.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Oftentimes Angelo would spend an hour with them in the lowly parlor of the quiet, whitewashed house. It had been his custom to do so often while the mother was at home; and even after distractions came upon his mind, and wrestled with him as an armed man, he did not forget these pastoral, or rather brotherly, or, perhaps still more to the point, these loverly visits."

Etymology

From lover + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lover

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more loverly (comparative) most loverly (superlative)

Derived Forms

loverliness unloverly

Synonyms

loverlike

Questions

What does loverly mean?: Characteristic of lovers.
Where does loverly come from?: From lover + -ly.

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