Definitions for heavenly
ˈhɛv ən liheav·en·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. celestial, heavenlyadjective

   relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

   "celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts"

2. celestial, heavenlyadjective

   of or relating to the sky

   "celestial map"; "a heavenly body"

3. heavenlyadjective

   of or belonging to heaven or god

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. heavenlyadverb

   In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.

2. heavenlyadjective

   Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.

3. heavenlyadjective

   Of or pertaining to the heavens or sky, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets and stars.

   heavenly body

4. heavenlyadjective

   Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.

5. heavenlyadjective

   Generally amazing or lovely; sublime.

   Oh, please continue giving me a massage - it's absolutely heavenly.

6. Etymology: From hevenly, heofonlich, from heofonlic, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Heavenlyadjective

   Etymology: from heaven.

   1. Resembling heaven; supremely excellent.

   As the love of heaven makes one heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly. Philip Sidney.

   Not Maro’s muse, who sung the mighty man;
   Nor Pindar’s heav’nly lyre, nor Quintus Horatius Flaccus when a swan. Dryd.

   2. Celestial; inhabiting heaven.

   Adoring first the genius of the place,
   Then earth, the mother of the heav’nly race. John Dryden, Æn.

2. Heavenlyadverb

   1. In a manner resembling that of heaven.

   In these deep solitudes and awful cells,
   Where heav’nly pensive contemplation dwells,
   And ever-musing melancholy reigns,
   What means this tumult in a vestal’s veins? Alexander Pope.

   2. By the agency or influence of heaven.

   Truth and peace and love shall ever shine
   About the supreme throne
   Of him, t’ whose happy-making sight alone,
   Our heav’nly guided soul shall climb. John Milton.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Heavenlyadjective

   pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music

2. Heavenlyadjective

   appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng

3. Heavenlyadverb

   in a manner resembling that of heaven

4. Heavenlyadverb

   by the influence or agency of heaven

5. Etymology: [AS. heofonic.]

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1. Heavenly

   Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher, Mathew Fletcher, Peter Momtchiloff and Robert Pursey had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.

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How to pronounce heavenly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say heavenly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heavenly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heavenly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of heavenly in a Sentence

1. Elliot Rodger:

   the brute will then invite the girl back to his place of dwelling, where he will achieve insertion. He will experience delights so heavenly, so incredible... delights, that have been so cruelly denied to me

2. William Butler Yeats:

   The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.

3. Benjamin W. Decker:

   The Bible teaches us that prayer is about our own inner relationship with the one true source of all things, our Heavenly Parents. This is essentially true about meditation as well.

4. W. G. Morrice:

   Christians rejoice because God is their heavenly Father who forgives the penitent, because God sent his Son into the world for the salvation of all who have faith, because Jesus Christ not only died but was raised again from the dead and because joy is one of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit.

5. Jace Oliverson:

   My wife and I, from the very beginning( knew) the only way that we're going to get through this is with the love and support and faith and prayers to our heavenly Father. ... He is showing people now that miracles do happen.

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