What does heavenly mean?
Definitions for heavenly
ˈhɛv ən liheav·en·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word heavenly.
Princeton's WordNet
celestial, heavenlyadjective
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
"celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts"
celestial, heavenlyadjective
of or relating to the sky
"celestial map"; "a heavenly body"
heavenlyadjective
of or belonging to heaven or god
Wiktionary
heavenlyadverb
In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
heavenlyadjective
Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.
heavenlyadjective
Of or pertaining to the heavens or sky, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets and stars.
heavenly body
heavenlyadjective
Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
heavenlyadjective
Generally amazing or lovely; sublime.
Oh, please continue giving me a massage - it's absolutely heavenly.
Etymology: From hevenly, heofonlich, from heofonlic, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Heavenlyadjective
Etymology: from heaven.
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.Adoring first the genius of the place,
Then earth, the mother of the heav’nly race. John Dryden, Æn.Heavenlyadverb
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.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.
ChatGPT
heavenly
Heavenly is an adjective that describes something as extremely beautiful, pleasing, or delightful, often with a connotation of being so wonderful it could be from the divine realm or paradise. It can also refer to things related to heaven or the sky.
Webster Dictionary
Heavenlyadjective
pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music
Heavenlyadjective
appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng
Heavenlyadverb
in a manner resembling that of heaven
Heavenlyadverb
by the influence or agency of heaven
Etymology: [AS. heofonic.]
Wikidata
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of heavenly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of heavenly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of heavenly in a Sentence
Your heavenly eyes are shining like a late night star. To be in heaven, I like to get lost in those eyes forever.
Ever keep in exercise the principle of mercy, and be ready to forgive our brother on the first intimations of repentance, and asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother, or even our enemy, before he repent or ask forgiveness, our heavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto us.
On hearing the subtle unstruck sounds of Om, the mind goes to the state of perfect stillness and the bliss of infinity arises. The chakras and nadis create divine melodies like a heavenly flute.
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.
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.
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- سماويArabic
- himmelskeDanish
- himmlischGerman
- ουράνιοςGreek
- ĉielaEsperanto
- celesteSpanish
- taivaallinenFinnish
- célesteFrench
- neamhaíIrish
- celesteGalician
- स्वर्गीयHindi
- égi, mennyei, fenségesHungarian
- surgawiIndonesian
- cielalaIdo
- celeste, divinoItalian
- שְׁמֵימִיHebrew
- 天Japanese
- 천국 같은Korean
- caelestibusLatin
- hemelsDutch
- himmelskNorwegian
- niebiański, boskiPolish
- celestePortuguese
- небе́сный, боже́ственный, восхити́тельный, очарова́тельныйRussian
- himmelsktSwedish
- จากสวรรค์Thai
- 天上Chinese
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